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When sitting atop Union Peak, it’s hard to imagine it was used as a lookout. Why? Because there’s no easy way to the summit. A dirt road used to go to the area where the scramble the top of Union Peak...
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July 21 2021 No date has yet been set to fully reopen all Portland Parks & Recreation community and arts centers. An inquiry days before the deadly, late June heat wave underscored that Portland Parks & Recreation has still not reopened the community and arts centers closed because COVID-19, even though the City Council approved a $22 million loan to restart parks programs five months ago. Most of the centers are air conditioned and could have provided relief during the triple-digit temperatures suspected of killing 71 people in Multnomah County. But the parks bureau said it has not yet ...
A visit to Oregon’s only national park still won’t be quite normal this summer thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. Crater Lake National Park won’t have boat tours on the lake, trolly tours around the lake or ranger-led programs to start a summer that could see a record number of people visit the deepest lake in the United States. “We’re definitely still in more of a COVID-19 posture this summer,” park spokeswoman Marsha McCabe said. “The thing is that we had to start planning for the summer during last winter (when the COVID-19 situation was much worse). We also have to follow gu...
Yesterday Kelso and I decided to take a quick lunch break and head to the mountains. It's been forever since I've driven through the refuge, not to mention up Mount Scott. All the road repairs have been completed and Mt. Scott is officially reopened. We made a quick stop, grabbed some lunch, and headed to the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge for a short break. It's a great way to get a little R&R in the middle of the workday. Mount Scott was closed for road repairs awhile back. Originally we thought it was going to take a year or so to get all the repairs and patches completed. They manage...