Ibach Park - Tualatin
By admin | June 21, 2009 Email Post Print Page
What’s to Love: Ibach Park is a creatively designed destination with an “award winning” playground based-on Tualatin’s prehistoric, Native, and pioneer history. Where else could you climb on some dinosaur bones, build a river with deep canyons, and walk on the moon? Ibach is a lovely park that I place into the same category as other “destination parks” like Memorial Park, Sellwood Park , or Laurelhurst Park. On a beautiful summer day, it’s definitely worth the drive out to Tualatin. Read the rest of this entry »
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Sunday Parkways - Roads Closed Again!
By admin | June 20, 2009 Email Post Print Page
What’s to Love: The “Sunday Parkways” road closures for bikes, walkers, joggers, rollerbladers, etc., is back this summer 2009! If you didn’t go last year, please read through my article below and plan on attending TOMORROW (Sunday, June 21st). This year there will be 3 separate closures!!! Tomorrow’s event cruises through the Kenton and Arbor Lodge neighborhoods of North Portland. Sunday, July 19th will be in Northeast Portland and Sunday, August 16th will be in Southeast Portland. Read on to learn more about this very cool event! Read the rest of this entry »
Topics: Biking, General Info./Homepage, Hiking | Comments
Columbia Park
By admin | June 15, 2009 Email Post Print Page
What’s to Love: In my opinion, this is the nicest park in North Portland, and it certainly rivals the southeast showpiece “Sellwood Park,” which is my favorite Portland park. With the Columbia Park Annex that extends the park south to the “Overlook,” Columbia Park is one of the largest parks in North Portland. Read the rest of this entry »
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Kruger’s Farm - Save the concerts!
By admin | May 28, 2009 Email Post Print Page
Please visit Kruger’s website for important information about the summer concert series. There is a chance that Kruger’s will not be able to obtain the necessary permits to hold the concerts. For those of you who attend, you know what a tragedy this would be! Public comment is vital at this time. Again, please see their website for more details.
What’s to Love: Kruger’s is by far my favorite farm in the Portland area, and in the summer it’s one of my favorite spots with the family. There are three things that make it hard to beat: 1) Don Kruger is such a friendly guy; 2) The berries are incredible and NOT sprayed, and the farm does not use chemical fertilizers or fungicides; and 3) In the summertime, this is THE best music venue in Portland.
Every Thursday starting in July the farm opens up the lawn to families and wild-dancing kids. The concerts have always been the highlight of the week for me and my family. It’s like being on vacation. Bring your Crazy Creek chair and/or blankets, a big picnic, and kick back and enjoy some great tunes! You’ll be set for the evening. Let the kids run wild in the berry patch or play frisbee in a big open field. Read the rest of this entry »
Beaverton City Park Fountain
By admin | May 25, 2009 Email Post Print Page
What’s to Love: Beaverton City Park is located right next to the city library. We first visited on a very hot day when my son was around 3 years old. As you can see in the first video clip below, he was pretty spooked-out by the vertical row of spraying jets, so he just hung out on the fringes. I literally had to pick him up and run with him through the spray. This is your basic fountain with nothing too fancy, but it certainly can cool you off on a hot day. Plus, it’s a good fountain for all ages. Read the rest of this entry »
Topics: Fountains, SW Cities | Comments
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