Portland Sunday Parkways

Yvette and Meg heading to Peninsula Park

Following in the footsteps of Bogota and other cities, Portland shut down six miles of roads to cars so bikes and pedestrians could enjoy the roads without fear of getting crushed at any second, and called it Portland Sunday Parkways. At parks along the way they had stuff going on with musical acts and food (we indulged in the crapes). The pace was easy and a lot of people were out there.


Roads full of bikes

On the way back, we stopped by "Meg's Patch", a little chunk of land between a couple roads that gets full of wildflowers every spring. Meg's bike commute route takes her right by there and she likes the flowers. This time we got some pictures:


Triumphant in flowers

UPDATE: Here's a short video:



More photos here.
GPS data of the ride here.