When the sun shines and the wind blows, this spring is a good time to visit Albany’s Talking Water Gardens, as the sun and the breeze and I all did on Sunday.
Breezy day: Nice climate change
Written April 10th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
Thursday was a cloudless but very windy day on the central Oregon coast, as the noise on this video proves. Hardly anybody was on the beaches, which is not surprising for a weekday in early April. Every time I walk across the sand left dry by the low tide, I’m reminded of the increasing agitation […]
A ‘test spill’ on Highway 20
Written March 18th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
What you can’t hear me saying in this video, on account of the traffic noise and wind, is that if you lost a bag full of trash on the highway and you knew you had lost it, you would make an effort to stop and pick it up, right? That didn’t happen Tuesday afternoon on the […]
Check out that crack in the bridge
Written March 14th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
Ready for another fascinating report from the wilds of Albany’s riverside bike and walking trail, the Dave Clark Path? The path happens to be part of one of my favorite short cycling routes around town. So what about those cracks in one of the piers holding up the Portland & Western bridge across the Willamette River?
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Tags: Dave Clark Path, Portland & Western Railroad, railroad bridge, Willamette River
Tags: Dave Clark Path, Portland & Western Railroad, railroad bridge, Willamette River
Just another day on the RR track
Written March 13th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
When you’re riding your bike around town on a sunny afternoon, you have the chance to stop and take a closer look anytime you see something, well, not exactly spellbinding, but unusual anyway.
Dodging craters on our streets
Written March 3rd, 2014 by Hasso Hering
The poor shape of some of Albany’s oldest streets is an old subject. A reader, Hazel Siebrecht, brought it up again on Feb. 28 in response to my story on the spending proposals before the CARA urban renewal advisory board when it meets at 5:15 p.m. today (March 4) at City Hall.
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It’s a headwind until you turn around
Riding your bike on the Oregon coast can be a lot of fun or a lot of work. Which it is depends on the wind direction, more than anything.
Tags: bicycling, Oregon coast