RiverFest

This year, various friends of the Willamette River put together a massive educational event to inform the public about one of our main waterways and its environmental importance. There were lectures, kayaking tours, dragon boat races, and other events that occurred along the river, but the only event from RiverFest I could see was the dragon boats. Everything else was relatively low key. Apparently, it was expected that at the opening ceremony, our current mayor and mayor-elect were supposed to jump into the Willamette, but disappointed the small crowd gathered by staying dry. Parts of the Willamette are polluted, so I understand the reluctance of actually having skin touch water.