The bike took me to Albany’s Bryant Park Wednesday. The park remains closed to vehicles because of the recent flooding, but people can get around the gates on foot or on two wheels.
It’s the season for flooding in Bryant Park
Written December 28th, 2024 by Hasso Hering
It would not be winter if Bryant Park in Albany didn’t get flooded for at least a few days, sometimes for weeks.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany gauge, Albany parks, Bowman Park, Bryant Park, Calapooia River, flooding, Willamette River, winter rains
Tags: Albany gauge, Albany parks, Bowman Park, Bryant Park, Calapooia River, flooding, Willamette River, winter rains
Puzzled by new platform at Bryant Park
Written November 22nd, 2024 by Hasso Hering
Someone built a sturdy wooden structure in Albany’s Bryant Park, and I wondered about it when I first saw it on a bike ride through the park this week.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany parks, Bryant Park, electrical, Pacific Power, wooden platform
Tags: Albany parks, Bryant Park, electrical, Pacific Power, wooden platform
Why gates are still closed at Bryant Park
Written February 23rd, 2024 by Hasso Hering
If you’re wondering why Albany’s Bryant Park is still closed to motor vehicles weeks after the annual flooding has subsided — and even if you’re not wondering about that — it’s because the cleanup is not complete.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany parks, annual flooding, Bryant Park, Calapooia River, floding, Willamette River
Tags: Albany parks, annual flooding, Bryant Park, Calapooia River, floding, Willamette River
A ride in the park while daylight lasts
Written November 4th, 2023 by Hasso Hering
The bike and I went around Bryant Park in Albany Saturday afternoon. I wasn’t thinking of this being the last day of daylight saving time of 2023. Here’s what came to mind instead:
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: autumn rides, autyn days, bicycling, Bryant Park, Daylight saving time, Standard time
Tags: autumn rides, autyn days, bicycling, Bryant Park, Daylight saving time, Standard time
Biking around our nice place to live
Written July 31st, 2023 by Hasso Hering
Depending on where you go, there’s no shortage of sights to photograph when you go on a leisurely bike ride, as I did Saturday. This trip took me to Takena Landing Park to check out a case of “theft from a tree,” the subject of a story here. But there was other stuff to see […]
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany, Albany sights, Bryant Park, Ellsworth ridge, P&W trestle, Spring Hill, Takena Landing
Tags: Albany, Albany sights, Bryant Park, Ellsworth ridge, P&W trestle, Spring Hill, Takena Landing
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Lots of rain has the usual result
The heavy rains of the last few days had the usual results in Albany. Bryant Park was closed, and so was a section of Bryant Way near the city limits.
Tags: Albany rivers, Bryant Park, Bryant Way, flooding, rainfall