Since I have been back in Eugene, I knew on the one day of sunshine and happiness, I had to take a walk through Alton Baker Park. Alton Baker Park is a HUGE park with biking and running trails. It's actually really neat and very relaxing (and kind of dangerous at night, so yeah, just don't). There are a lot of beautiful plants and weird people just chilling on the banks of the Willamette River. The reason why I love this bike trail is so much is because it fills me with so much nostalgia of when I use to be a student at the University of Oregon. Imagine walking through a forest and then all of a sudden you see this:
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| Autzen Stadium |
For those of you who don't know, this is Autzen Stadium, home of the Ducks football team. I spent pretty much every Saturday and Monday night of my fall term in this stadium because of marching band. As much as I loathed it at the time, I am really glad that I decided to stick with marching band. I was able to experience so many things, such as road trips, the Rose Bowl, and just the overall hype and energy directed towards the football team.
There are a lot of bridges in Alton Baker Park, almost to the point where I would get completely confused as to where I was. I enjoy going on the bridges and snapping photos of the beautiful Willamette River (which is apparently something you don't want to swim in).
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| Willamette River |
While my friends were exploring the forests of Alton Baker Park, we found a big pond with geese everywhere. Now, I am not very fond of birds but I have to say the goslings were pretty cute. Well, cute until they all started chasing after us.
I love the nature of Oregon and how easy it is to just bike or run (not like I do either). Alton Baker Park in specific is huge and makes for a really nice stroll when the weather permits. This is something I missed dearly about Oregon, the ability to just wander and lose yourself in nature.
