Photos from the Eastbank Esplanade

Our walk this week found us at the Eastbank Esplanade, a very nicely paved walk.

You get to see several Portland bridges on this walk and the Willamette River.



A very pretty sitting area with a rock feature.



Love this tree! We both thought it was very cool looking!

Vera Katz Bronze sculpture.

The only reason I took this one was for my son. He worked so hard on one of the walks to take a photo of the pigeons. This one didn't seem to care we were there.

Along the way they have information about Portland History. It was pretty cool to learn more about Portland.

Under one of the overpasses. There was this neat metal art sculpture under here.

This is of the Oregon Maritime Museum. We are thinking it would be a great place to take our Girl Scout Troop.

This is a metal grate walkway. I was very brave and walked over it (did not look down at all)!

More beautiful art along the way

Another art piece, this one had little objects tucked in it

View of the Burnside Bridge

We get to walk on the floating walkway (which is the longest in the United States).

I took this one for my Dad, who loves boats.

We cross our first bridge, the Steel Bridge. I am a little nervouse because I am not fond of heights or metal grates.

BIG sigh of relief! Solid footing to walk on (it is a little bouncy but not bad).

More art, this time on the westside of the river.

A nifty little water area.

We passed this after the other water feature and loved how all the water came up slowly, giving you time to read the inscriptions on the "steps" behind.

Across from the Oregon Maritime Museum, this is the Battleship Oregon Memorial and has a time capsule buried at the base.

Up the steps to the Hawthorne Bridge (our least favorite bridge).

While the walkway is cement, the "road" is grates and we are above the river a good distance. I am not thrilled, especially when we hit the gap where the bridge goes up. Ummmm, can we say very scary (the bridge also had more bounce in it and shook as cars went by.

The view from the bridge, I took this as I was walking, to nervous to get much closer to the edge.

On our way back to the car! Just a hop, skip, jump away....