Rain doesn’t dampen Sunday Parkways spirit
Posted by Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor) on September 26th, 2011 at 9:42 am

(Photos © J. Maus)
Despite intermittent downpours, thousands of people came out to ride on carfree streets during Sunday Parkways in Northeast Portland yesterday. It was the last of five Parkways events this year and people soaked up the fun any way they could.
My family and I joined healthy crowds along NE Ainsworth Street for activities at Alberta Park and Fernhill Park.

The downpours would send some running for cover…



While others — especially kids and the young at heart — reveled in the chance to get wet and pedal through some puddles…






Volunteers along the route made the best of things…

The Cyclameleon — a huge, pedal-powered vehicle dressed up like a chameleon — drew quite a crowd. Artist Tyler Fuqua created the Cyclameleon as an interactive art piece for the recent Burning Man festival…



On a more somber note, friends and family of Mark Bosworth, the Metro employee who has been missing since last Friday (9/16), were set up along Ainsworth to spread the word of his disappearance. Mark lives just a few blocks away from where the tent was set up. His daughters Kelly and Claire as well as his wife Julie were all out, asking Sunday Parkways participants to take a flyer and help in the search effort (I’ll have more about Mark’s search in a separate post later today)…


See more photos from yesterday’s event in the Gallery.
This was the last Sunday Parkways of the year. Special thanks to the Portland Bureau of Transportation and all the volunteers and sponsors that make this event possible. Hopefully next year we can do even more!
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