Thursday Michelle, Jason, Scott and I went down to Patagonia to see Douglas Lorain’s slide show and discussion about 100 great hikes in Oregon. The show was timed with the release of his new book, 100 Classic Hikes in Oregon, and was quite an impressive collection of both stories and images. One of the most appealing aspects of the show was that he includes a best time to visit, which is often missing from many books. In Summary – Don’t go anywhere in July because of flies and mosquitos.
One of the most inspiring parts of the show were the images of places in Oregon that I didn’t know even existed. I know Oregon to have plenty of beautiful locations, but I didn’t know it had some of the great granite wonderlands like the Alpine Lakes Wilderness of Washington. Now, all I need is some time and gas money to visit these places.
Finding parking in The Pearl was a challenge. There was a block party up near Rogue, a massive party and concert at a Jamison Square, live window galleries, a farmers market, and throngs of fit, hip, and attractive people. As a new urbanist, I should have been ecstatic at this proof of life, but at the time I just wanted to park and get to the slide show. It took half an hour to find a spot, and another 15 minutes off my life from the seething anger and stress that parking creates in me. Chill dude, Go by Street Car.
you need a hummer