On a rare sunny morning about a month ago, after the ice storm, Dale and I headed out on a morning date starting with our favorite waffle place in south Eugene then on to a new-to-us park to find our first geocache of 2024. We found this gem of a park.
We approached the park from a walking entrance at the top of the hill in a wooded area
which opened onto a big grassy field.
As we walked down the wet hill, we found the park entrance with the parking lot. Google Maps didn't help us quite as we had hoped. To get to this entrance, we needed to drive through a neighborhood with narrow, hilly roads.
There is a paved path along one side of the park. With the sun out, there were quite a few folks enjoying the park in the warmer, slightly dryer weather. This sign gives a history of the land and how it became a city park.
At the top of the path is this impressive structure. The covered seating area has enough room for a good-sized family reunion or community group meeting. It also has a kitchen area that you can rent out.
I was most impressed with this huge fireplace. It's about six feet square. What a great place for a summer evening picnic!
This park tickled our creative juices. We want to find an excuse to have a gathering here ... perhaps with a challenging game of croquet on the grassy hillside.
Dale was the one that sussed out the geocache. It's in an excellently camouflaged container that earned a favorite point from me.
Best of all, the morning became warm enough (60 degrees) to put the top down on the convertible for a sunny fresh-air ride home.
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