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A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

What’s different on the Cox Creek Path

Written August 31st, 2026 by Hasso Hering

When homeless campers were evicted from the wilds of Albany’s Simpson Park this summer, where did they go? After taking a bike ride Sunday, I suspect some went to the banks of Cox Creek.


Bike path detour avoids bridge construction

Written July 1st, 2026 by Hasso Hering

Construction work to replace the Waverly Drive bridge over Cox Creek could have blocked access to the Cox Creek walking trail and bike path, but it has not.


Bulletin from the path beat: Fence is fixed

Written October 27th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Nobody has been waiting for this bit of non-news from my bike rides on Albany bikeways, but here it is anyway: The fence on Cox Creek Path has been repaired.


Broken fencing and open gates

Written September 9th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

The fence around the Talking Water Gardens has provided fodder for his blog for years. It is providing this valuable service once again.


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.


A brief diversion on a sunny winter’s day

Written January 29th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Wednesday was supposed to be the last dry and sunny day for a while. The afternoon found the bike and me on Albany’s Cox Creek Path, where I noticed two things.


Same old story on the Cox Creek Path

Written December 5th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

This scene looks familiar, doesn’t it? That’s because along Cox Creek in Albany, trees falling down and smashing the chain link fence of Talking Water Gardens is a regular thing.


 
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