Bill Holmes - Activities - Kayaking - North 3/31/06

Sellwood Bridge with fighing boats, boat yard and house boats on left and condominiums, an office building and park on right.

Stretch of Willamettte River kayaked from Sellwood bridge north past Interstate 405 bridge and back.	Row of houseboats along east channel.
	Oaks Park (bumper cars, etc.) on right behind trees.
	House boat made with galvanized corregated panels and silo domes.
	Ross Island on left
	Kayak Center and boat launch ramp on left, and downtown Portland in the distance down west channel adjacent to Ross Island.

Condos, restaurants and office buildings on left, downtown in distance and Ross Island on right.

As above, but can now see Ross Island Bridge.

Eagle nests

New construction on left, barge manufacturing in middle, Ross Island (Hwy. 26) Bridge in center with Interstate 5 Bridge beyond.

Seaplane taking flight near barge manufacturing facility.

Looking back (south) at Ross Island Bridge and forward to Interstate Freeway 5 bridge, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), Ross Island concrete plant and Ross Island Bridge.

Closer.

Circ de Sole on left, Interstate 5 Bridge in middle with Hawthorne Bridge in distance, and OMSI on right.

Close-up of OMSI with planetarium, displays and Omnimax theater inside and submarine exhibit outside.

Small marina at south end of Harbor Drive park on left, downtown Portland and Hawthorne Bridge (QTVR).

Looking through Hawthorne Bridge at Convention Center spires above Morrison Bridge with Burnside and with Steel Bridges in the distance.

Downtown Portland on left with Morrison Bridge on right.

Morrison Bridge.

Convention center in back of I 5 - I 84 transition with Highway 99E below it and floating section of bike path below it.

Steel Bridge where bike/pedestrian path crosses river on lower deck.

Condominiums with N. Broadway Bridge and I-404 bridge beyond.

Office buidling, I-405 Bridge and looking back (south) at N. Broadway Bridge.

Office building and new condominiums from under I-405 Bridge.

North of I-405 Bridge and Columbia River beyond.

Return trip up east side of river with Chinese freighter on left, North Broadway Bridge in center and downtown Portland on right.

 

I 5 - I 84 transition with Burnside Bridge in center and Steel Bridge on right.

OSMI, submarine, Morrison Bridge just south of Burnside Bridge with downtown Portland and Steel Bridge beyond on right.

Going up (south) east channel with Ross Island gravel pit boat ramp on left and shuttle garage on right.

Entrance to gravel pit center of Ross Island (closed after this photo) with shuttle boat garage on left, Ross Island, Ross Island Bridge and I 5 Bridge beyond.

 

Continuing up (south) east channel with Sellwood in front, Ross Island islet in middle and Ross Island on right. Passage between Islet and main island is very shallow.

Housboat row on left, Sellwood (Tacoma) Bridge in distance and Ross Island on right.

Houseboats with sailboats, jet skiis and slips with rolling coveres.

Oaks Park on left, Sellwood Bridge in center.