I decide to enter the forest because I am tired of the world. It is under water, it is on fire, its president is getting crazier by the minute, it is detonating mountain-shaking bombs for no good reason.
There is a sign planted at the foot of a forest path. It depicts a human on legs and a human on a bike. The one on the bike is in a circle with a line across it. This urban forest invites only hikers.
The forest for bikers is across the street—Columbia Way—and alive with kids, parents, and grandparents zigzagging on bike tracks designed by the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance. That one is called the Beacon Bike Park, or Cheasty Greenspace at Mountain View. It’s a two-minute walk from Link’s Columbia City Station and it is 10 acres.
