In the June 29 story on Bowers Rock State Park, I left you hanging. I said I would pass on any news regarding that undeveloped state park west of Albany if I heard from the Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation.
In the June 29 story on Bowers Rock State Park, I left you hanging. I said I would pass on any news regarding that undeveloped state park west of Albany if I heard from the Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation.
It’s summer and seasonally warm, so why not make an excursion into the wilds of Bowers Rock State Park? I did, and here’s the result.
With time to spare on Tuesday afternoon, I turned off my favorite bike route to go down the private road that gives access to Bowers Rock State Park. There was no particular reason except that I had not been there since last November.
As promised, here’s a look at some of the changes I saw Saturday when I paid one of my occasional visits to Bowers Rock State Park on the Willamette River west of Albany.
The weather on Halloween was perfect for a short bike ride into the country, the object of which was to check whether there was anything new at Bowers Rock. Through all that wind noise on the mike, you may have heard me say “hazelwood.” What I meant was “hazelnut,” of course. Well, at the conclusion […]
It’s been a year since I last took a look at Bowers Rock State Park, that 568-acre expanse of ponds, fields and brush on the Willamette River west of Albany. Is anything new there now? Yes, not much, but a little.
Spring 2023: Time to check on Bowers Rock
Bowers Rock State Park was deserted when I paid a visit Saturday on what seemed like the first dry afternoon in weeks.
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