Old Mill Loop has become my default walking route. It is closer than Juniper, and it is in the open. Unlike Juniper, the restrooms at Miller's Landing are open in the winter, which is a very good thing. One of the things that make the Loop even more useful is that there aren't the activities that gave me pause at Juniper, such as the picnic table were a bunch of kids from the high school are hanging out, nor the picnic table where someone has thrown a tarp over it, and may be camping beneath it while the overly large mutt guarding it growls at me.
The Loop is generally sunny, and the people walking it are doing just that. Every so often, someone jogs by, but the paved path is pleasantly wide, so that two wheel chairs can pass each other.
Today was damp and windy, temperature was 47 when I left the apartment. I had my scarf wrapped around my head, my jacket hood over the top of it. My sleeves have thumb-cut cuffs in them, so I was able to wear gloves without having the cold breeze hitting my wrists. Down in the river, there was a kayaker, in an bright orange kayak, looking as if he were wearing a parka, plowing through the lower part of Whitewater Park.
I walked into the wind, up past the McKay construction area, going up onto the Colorado Avenue bridge, which had a traffic flagger stopping traffic due to some work at the other end, and crossing at the round-about.
When I reached the footbridge, the wind seemed to stop, and I walked easily back to Miller's Landing, and even with the extra distance due to the construction, I still make the route in thirty minutes.
Whitewater Park. Photo copyright Bend Bulletin
The Loop is generally sunny, and the people walking it are doing just that. Every so often, someone jogs by, but the paved path is pleasantly wide, so that two wheel chairs can pass each other.
Today was damp and windy, temperature was 47 when I left the apartment. I had my scarf wrapped around my head, my jacket hood over the top of it. My sleeves have thumb-cut cuffs in them, so I was able to wear gloves without having the cold breeze hitting my wrists. Down in the river, there was a kayaker, in an bright orange kayak, looking as if he were wearing a parka, plowing through the lower part of Whitewater Park.
I walked into the wind, up past the McKay construction area, going up onto the Colorado Avenue bridge, which had a traffic flagger stopping traffic due to some work at the other end, and crossing at the round-about.
When I reached the footbridge, the wind seemed to stop, and I walked easily back to Miller's Landing, and even with the extra distance due to the construction, I still make the route in thirty minutes.
Whitewater Park. Photo copyright Bend Bulletin
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