Remembering a day earlier this year…
It was a truly marvelous day in late summer and I was wandering around my town of Portland looking for fun and fascinating subjects to photograph. When I hit this popular fountain in Waterfront Park, I knew it was the perfect place for such an endeavor.
There is a lively energy to this place especially during the blazing hot days of summer. I love to sit and watch the children dance and play with delight in the jets of water. Salmon Street Springs is a great spot for families, tourists, locals and really anyone who enjoys a splash of good clean fun.
According to Portland lore this beautiful fountain was dedicated and erected in 1988. A contest was held to name it and Salmon Street Springs was chosen as the winning name in 1989. This fountain celebrates the hustle and bustle of city life and this I think it does quite well. A computer regulates the changing patterns of the water display. The three cycles of the fountain are called misters, bollards and wedding cake. It recycles 4,924 gallons of water per minute through as many as 137 jets at once.
Salmon Street Springs is located at Naito Parkway and SW Salmon in Waterfront Park in Portland, Oregon.
Stop by for a splash or two…tell them Strawberryindigo sent you and you will probably get some strange looks but you’ll have a good time and that’s all that matters really, isn’t it?
Cooling off on Salmon Street (Photo credit: skuarua)
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What a lovely place to spend a summer day. How did you refrain from jumping into the fountain?
Janet, It was difficult to keep from jumping in the fountain but I was a woman pocessed with a mission to take enough pics of downtown to last for awhile…I bet if you were there you could have talked me into it. 😉
We would both be romping in the fountain, I am sure!
Yes Janet we would. I could see us no,w splashing around and making total fools of ourselves–What fun! Passers by would say: “Who are those two crazy ladies?–I’ll have some of what they’re having.” 🙂
And the passers-by won’t understand that it takes a whole lifetime to “have what we’re having!”
🙂 …so true, so true and how!
I think I may need to have you for a tour guide if I ever make it up to Portland. I really don’t know my way around there at all.
Sounds wonderful Gunta! 🙂
Looks so refreshing for a hot day! 😀
Hi Cathy–A bit of leftover summer–rewarmed and rehashed over a warm screen… 😉
I could be the first black drake bathing there… ‘hahaha’
Great shots… 🙂
Hi Drake! I would enjoy seeing a black Drake out there bathing…Not many Black Drakes in these parts and especially such good looking one as you! 😉
Thanks, drakes especially the black ones love to hear that kind of talk… ‘hahaha’
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oh! what a lovely weather out there and beautiful shots as well! fountain splash can be found around the Eiffel towers here in Paris during summer. 🙂
Hi Udoji: I must make it to Paris someday for that! 😉
Looking forward to that “someday”,it is possible and when you do,you are very welcome! !)
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