One of the 59 days we were out with a camera
Friday, July 19, 2019
The first of our two Fridays on the Clackamas: Promontory Park, Lazy Bend and Armstrong, fourteen months before the Riverside Fire burned down the river.
55 photos, the first at 10:14 a.m. and the last at 12:57 p.m., by the camera's own clock. Here is where we were, in order, with a few from each place; every photo leads to its spot on the map.
10:14 a.m. to 10:54 a.m.
Promontory Park Campground
26 sites, 26 photos.
Today: inside the 2020 Riverside Fire’s line, and never closed
Site 4310:14 a.m.
Site 710:18 a.m.
Site 1110:23 a.m.
Site 1610:30 a.m.
Site 1910:35 a.m.
Site 3010:42 a.m.
Site 3710:47 a.m.
Site 4210:54 a.m.
In the order we walked it: 43, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 11, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 30, 33, 35, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42.
11:28 a.m. to 12:05 p.m.
Lazy Bend Campground
18 sites, 20 photos.
Today: closed since the 2020 fire
Site 1311:28 a.m.
Site 211:34 a.m.
Site 911:38 a.m.
Site 511:43 a.m.
Site 1511:54 a.m.
Site 1711:57 a.m.
Site 2012:01 p.m.
Site 2312:05 p.m.
In the order we walked it: 13, 1, 2, 11, 10, 9, 8, 5, 6, ?, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23.
12:32 p.m.
The Clackamas River before the 2020 fire
1 place to pitch a tent outside any campground, 2 photos.
Photographed in July 2019, a year before the 2020 Riverside Fire.
12:46 p.m. to 12:57 p.m.
Armstrong Campground
7 sites, 7 photos.
Today: reopened after the 2020 fire; closed for a time by the 2026 Austin Fire
