The Talking Water Gardens between Albany and Millersburg look a little odd this spring. There’s less water in the ponds.
You can get to the Talking Water Gardens this week, but you’ll have to park a little farther away.
For the first time in months I rode a bike on the trails at Talking Water Gardens on Friday and came across a partly — and weirdly — painted wooden footbridge.
With plenty of time on your hands, you can scroll through hundreds of pages of government documents such as, for instance, the latest draft of ODOT’s “STIP” for 2024-2027. And if you do, you might find a surprise.
Saturday was a fine day to ride a bike around Albany, and on the Cox Creek Path I came across the aftermath of something that has happened on that path before.
A chance to work on the railroad? That sounds intriguing. Makes you wish you were a lot younger than you probably are.
Turning a dirt trail into ‘community path’
Go down toward the river from the parking lot at Albany’s Talking Water Gardens and turn left. Now you’re on a dirt trail through the brush that leads to Bowman Park.
Tags: Bowman Park, multiuse path, Oregon Community Paths, paths, South Waterfront Trail, Talking Water Gardens, trails