Sandy River Rambles: Wandering Dodge Park on a Rainy Winter Day
Sandy River Rambles: Wandering Dodge Park on a Rainy Winter Day or Acceptance of Every Person, Place, and Time O n winter afternoons when you don't have time to wander far from Portland, Oregon, drive through farms and forests along the Sandy River from where The Old Columbia River Highway departs from Interstate 84 to Highway 26 by Sandy, Oregon. Dodge Park, midway between the two points offers the opportunity to get out and walk around, picnic at a table, or visit the restroom. The park also provides both the spiritual uplift found in nature as well as metaphors for as aspects of healing, such as accepting ourselves and others and the consistency of change. Dodge Park has changed much over the passing years and has meant different things to different people at different times. Two centuries ago, explorers Lewis and Clark named the Sandy River -- the Quicksand River -- due to the large amount of ash from an eruption of Mt. Hood in...