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

What’s different on the Cox Creek Path
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.
Tags: Cox Creek path, homeless encampments