Day 147
People, together
August 20th, 2010
I'm walking across America.
That's the idea, at least. I'm walking westward from New York City for nine months or so. If everything goes according to plan, I'll be in Oregon when the clock runs out. If nothing goes according to plan, maybe I'll end up in Peru or Mongolia or Pennsylvania. You can read all about the details of my trip if you're so inclined.
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Downtown Portland don’t you just love it!~ Governor Tom McCall Waterfront Park is a park,on the west bank of the Willamette River in downtown Portland, Oregon. It is 36.59 acres
The name of the park was changed in 1984 to honor former Oregon Governor Tom McCall. It is currently home to the Waterfront Blues Festival, Oregon Brewers Festival, Gay/Lesbian Pride Festival and The Bite of Oregon Festival. The park is also the host of many Rose Festival events.
Not even crowded…wrong part of town???…or too early…too hot…too cold…or do I have it all wrong…I’m used to it…First???…
Most people congregate on the other side of the bridge. Had Matt taken a picture facing south you probably would have seen more people.
So where were all the windsurfers that people kept talking about? I didn’t see any. This looks like a nice river front park. Probably not crowded as it was a Friday, not a Saturday. I don’t see grills and tables. Are they under the tree areas? Hope so as that would make this the ultimate picnic space.
This picture is on the Willamette River (runs N-S downtown), the windsurfers would have been on the Columbia (runs W-E north of Portland). This park, to my recollection, doesn’t have picnic tables or grills. Not that kind of park I guess you could say.
Peaceful looking – with or without crowds… Sometimes the less the crowd the better.
Looks like a nice park for taking your canine and playing frisbee, throwing a football or just relaxing! I like park friendly cities as people seem to come together and enjoy each other in a relaxed atmosphere.
Matt, based on Flickr, were you on the Burnside bridge, taking the last couple of photos. That’s what I think.
What a great park and a fun view of the lift bridge in the back round…
Nice area, I love it! Austin is pretty park-friendly and tree friendly too, but the homeless and panhandlers take over teh parks downtown so you don’t even want to go there and eat outside or take a lunchtime walk. It’s too bad.