The heart of Eugene, Oregon is bounded by Skinner’s Butte to the north and Spencer’s Butte to the south. What’s a butte, you ask? It’s a hill of modest height. Of the two, Spencer’s is the higher and steeper. it seems like almost from the
The heart of Eugene, Oregon is bounded by Skinner’s Butte to the north and Spencer’s Butte to the south. What’s a butte, you ask? It’s a hill of modest height. Of the two, Spencer’s is the higher and steeper.
it seems like almost from the day we arrived in Eugene in the early Sixties, I was climbing “the butte” with my friends, classmates, scout troops, girlfriends, and a lot of total strangers. It’s a popular spot.
i hadn’t been there for years. I remember scrambling up the impossibly long, impossibly steep trail as a ten-year-old. I remember climbing by flashlight in the middle of the night for no particular reason as a high schooler.
Today, I was back as an aged geezer, glad to see that a new, easier path has been added.
There’s not a lot to be said about the photos; just four old friends getting some post-Thanksgiving exercise on a beautiful Fall afternoon.
