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READERS CHOICE 31

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Children enjoy For voting us as
the water spray
ground at Blue Gresham’s:
Lake Regional
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picnic site in Best Place to Purchase a Car
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Favorite picnic spots:

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Oxbow and Blue Lake
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Meanwhile, Blue Lake is located between
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Marine Drive and Sandy Boulevard off
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Northeast 223rd Avenue. Blue Lake is a
64-acre natural lake fed by underground Best Volunteer Bess
Outlook readers chose Oxbow and Blue springs.
Lake regional parks as their favorite
“Children under 5 years of age are not al- Wills

lowed in the lake to help keep the water spots to picnic.
clean, but there is a spray ground for all ages Oxbow is at 3010 S.E.
Oxbow Parkway in
with colorful features that shower, gush, Gresham, within
dump and pour water,” the park website says. the Sandy River
“Visitors can also rent a paddle boat, row 2014 Readers’ Gorge. The river is
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boat or canoe to explore Blue Lake.”
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Both parks offer many picnic areas. If you “swimmers, raf- FE
want to reserve an area, call 503-665-4995 and n Best Picnic Spots ters, kayakers and USION NERGI
choose “Option 0.” Leave a message with Oxbow Regional Park, drift boats carrying
your name, daytime phone number, location 3010 S.E. Oxbow anglers,” according
and preferred dates.
Parkway, Gresham. to information on
Blue Lake Regional
Potential picnic-goers will need to answer Park, 20500 N.E. the park’s website.
such questions as: How large is your group? “Twelve miles of
Do you want a simple group of tables under Marine Drive, Fairview. trails invite you to
the trees, an area with a canopy or a wooden oregonmetro.gov. Click explore an ancient
shelter?
on “Places to Go.”
forest with centu-

Do you want to be able to drink alcohol?
ries-old trees and
Fees vary depending on the size of your ridges and ravines
group and other factors, so make sure you carved by volcanic and glacial lows,” the site 23 MPG
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call ahead to plan.
says.

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