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SUMMARY:Gilligan's Island Ride
CONTACT:Tom Howe
DESCRIPTION:A bike ride that pays homage to the 1960s television show by 
 going to the site of a desert island in SE Portland. Yes\, there is a 2.5 
 acre island completely surrounded by water in SE Portland. This island was
  once private property with housing\, but is now public land that is being
  restored to its natural state.\n\nGilligan’s Island seems especially 
 appropriate for Pedalpalooza\, as two dozen of the 98 series episodes 
 featured pedal-powered inventions of one sort or another. This assortment 
 of devices includes such things as a washing machine\, a cooling fan\, a 
 sewing machine\, a diamond-bladed saw\, an air pump\, a water wheel\, and 
 even a pedal-powered dental drill to replace tooth fillings. The picture 
 shows a four-person pedal transmitter powered by Gilligan\, Ginger\, Mary 
 Ann\, and the Skipper to generate enough electricity for the Professor to 
 send a signal into outer space.\n\nThe desert island we ride to dates back
  to the 1930s when the WPA (Works Progress Administration) attempted to 
 tame Johnson Creek by channeling the water flow. The project was a 
 failure\, making flooding even worse\, so the city has been gradually 
 reversing it in recent years. The bridge out to the island will be removed
  at some point\, and the island itself may cease to exist if the channel 
 separating it is removed. The ultimate goal is to reduce flooding and 
 provide the area with a green space that will be a community 
 amenity.\n\nCome on the ride dressed as one of the seven stranded 
 castaways if you like. Other options include any of the roughy three dozen
  visitors to Gilligan’s Island. Somehow these visitors always got off the 
 island without helping the castaways escape.\n\nThe bike ride to the 
 desert island is four miles\, followed by a food cart stop on the route 
 back to Clinton Park. Total distance for the completely-flat loop is eight
  miles. Including the food cart stop this ride should amount to a Three 
 Hour Tour.\n\nThe soundtrack for the ride will be songs by Brian Wilson of
  The Beach Boys. He passed away in June\, and there has not been a 
 memorial ride. Seems a good fit\, as The Beach Boys were at their peak of 
 popularity during the 1964 to 1967 years of Gilligan's Island. And the 
 group was the opening act on The Ed Sullivan Show the day after the first 
 episode of Gilligan's Island aired in 1964.\nMeet at 11:30am\, ride at 
 noon\nhttps://shift2bikes.org/calendar/event-21765
LOCATION:Clinton City Park\nSE Woodward St & SE 57th Ave\nMeet by the 
 playground and restrooms
STATUS:CONFIRMED
DTSTART:20250803T183000Z
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URL:https://shift2bikes.org/calendar/event-21765
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