Vancouver Lake Park: Opastetut kierrokset ja aktiviteetit

Fisherman trying his luck along the shores of Vancouver Lake with Mt. St Helens in the background.

The light slips out of the world so easily; it darkens and fades and threatens never to return. I felt like a druid here, looking over the flimsy work of a group of human beings, two dozen pier poles appearing so minuscule in the wide expanse of the earth, water and sky.

And I thought back to a time five thousand years ago, and to a group of people huddling in a circle of stones, as the longest night of the year faded and their prayers for another day were answered. A febrile ball of light rolled up over the horizon. The earth was not extinguished. Crops would rise come Spring. And the summer light, and summer warmth would soon be theirs again.

But, oh, the night they had to pass to arrive at that conclusion.

How many of those nights does each of us pass now? Dark, harrowing passages of our own making? Filled with doubt, wide and dark, and fed by utter desperation?

They are not permanent, you know. They ebb. They fade. And they dim in the cloud of memory as surely as the solstice.

So on this shortest day of the year, for all of you, and particularly for a friend who has undergone a great tragedy from which she is yet to emerge, I offer you this promise.

There is no darkness strong enough to conquer you. The day will lift up as it always has.

I swear to you, with every ounce of faith I have: your light will shine again.

The southern shore of Vancouver Lake. I would have taken these on the solstice, but we're going to have rain that day. No matter, one day earlier and the light is still struggling to assert its presence.

Stately old Oak off the lake's southeastern shore.

Koe Vancouver Lake Park

Activities

Vancouver – matkaopas

Suositut vierailukohteet

Kelley Point Park

Kelley Point Park on vain yksi kohteen Portland nähtävyyksistä, joten mikset tutkisi myös muita näkemisen arvoisia paikkoja lomasi aikana? Vieraile alueen kaupoissa tai kuljeksi jokirannalla.

Some pieces are contemporary, and decidedly on the whimsical side.

This one is entitled "If Gucci Were a Straight Dancer from Oklahoma" by Angela Swedberg

Clark County Historical Museum

Voit käydä tutkimassa näyttelyitä kohteessa Clark County Historical Museum, joka on kohteessa Vancouver sijaitseva museo ja jolla on takanaan kiehtova menneisyys. Kävele alueen jokirannalla tai vieraile sen kaupoissa.

Tina Bar

Mikset viettäisi laiskaa iltapäivää Vancouver rannalla Tina Bar? Käy tutustumassa tämän perheystävällisyydestään tunnetun alueen kauppoihin ja huippuravintoloihin.

Reeder Beach

Mikset viettäisi laiskaa iltapäivää Portland rannalla Reeder Beach? Kuljeksi tämän eloisan alueen jokirannalla tai hakeudu pyöräilyreiteille.

Salmon Creek Regional Park

Salmon Creek Regional Park on vain yksi kohteen Vancouver nähtävyyksistä, joten mikset tutkisi myös muita näkemisen arvoisia paikkoja lomasi aikana? Kävele tämän perheystävällisen alueen jokirannalla tai tutustu sen kauniisiin vesiputouksiin.

Westside Golf Range

Kun matkustat kohteeseen Vancouver, sinun kannattaa varata aikaa vieraillaksesi kohteessa Westside Golf Range. Hemmottele makuhermojasi tämän perheystävällisyydestään tunnetun alueen huippuravintoloissa.