
When you’re on your bike in Albany, it’s not often that a snake crosses your path. When it does happen, you may want to stop and take a closer look, which is what I did one day last month.
Tags: bicycling, Calapooia River, garter snake, Monteith Riverpark, Oregon snakes, snakes
Canal water looked like milky coffee
Going up the Third Avenue bridge from Bryant Way on Saturday, I looked to my right to see if the shaft of the Albany hydropower turbine was rotating. What caught my attention instead was the two-tone coloring of the Calapooia River below.
Tags: Albayny hydro, Calapooia River, muddy water, power plant, Santiam Canal