HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Riding on a path that for now is clean

Written April 26th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Prompted by a post on Facebook, my Saturday bike ride took me along the extension of Albany’s Periwinkle Bikepath behind Lowe’s Home Improvement Center. Here’s a video of what there was to see:


Prospects look dim for this intercity bikeway

Written April 22nd, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Remember the Albany-Corvallis bikeway that then Commissioner Linda Modrell of Benton County proposed in about 2004? Benton County and the state are still working on it, but its eventual completion looks very much in doubt.


No news here: Just a brief stop on the bike

Written April 20th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Wandering around old Albany on the bike without any goal in mind, I sometimes find myself in places that are so out of the way I have never paid them any attention before.


On Cox Creek, trees come crashing down

Written March 5th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Dead trees crashing down across the Cox Creek Path in Albany and taking out sections of chain-link fencing — that’s getting to be a routine or at least recurring thing.


Riverfront beat: How Bowman Park came to be

Written March 3rd, 2025 by Hasso Hering

My bike rides along the Albany riverfront often lead me to Bowman Park, which on Monday, the third of March, was not exactly teeming with activity.


Just a sign, but speaking of graveyards

Written March 1st, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Rounding the corner of Broadway Street and Seventh Avenue in Albany on the bike Saturday, I came across this “for rent” sign.


Good news on the pavement beat

Written February 12th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Returning from Browser’s Books via Pine Street toward Hackleman Park, the bike and I for years tried to avoid the worst potholes. Lately that has not been necessary, because a section of new pavement is in place.


 
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