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Masonic Cemetery /Ribbon Trail

  • Start date: 05/29/2023

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 05/29/2023

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Departure Place: 25th and University, Main gate with signage—not the dead end road to the Abbey. We will stroll through the cemetery and then on city streets up to the golf course and taking the Ribbon Trail to Hendricks Park. We might stop at the Bog. The “relaxed” hike will take around 2.5 hours so that we are back at the cemetery by noon for Taps at the Public Square. Hope Abbey Mausoleum will be open. See Masonic Cemetery website for details about Memorial week-end activities including a concert.

  • Event Leader: Jacobsen Janet

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Urban

  • Departure Location: See Trip Description

  • Rating: Easy

  • Roundtrip total drive miles:

  • Season: 2023

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required:

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 6

  • Member Fees: —

  • Elevation Gain: 800

  • Non-Member Fees: 2

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Established in 1859 the natural setting of Eugene Masonic Cemetery is a welcoming place to start our hike. At the top of Agate Street, we took the hidden trail to The Bog where Hugh Prichard gave us a brief history of how he started his project. From there we walked through Laurelwood Golf Course taking an obscure trail to Central Boulevard and the Ribbon Trail. We had to stop at the new bench on the Ribbon Trail east of the Lodge for a group photo. The bathroom at Hendricks Park was our last break before heading back to the cemetery. At the Abbey Mausoleum the Eugene Masonic Cemetery Association members greeted us and served cake and coffee. We gathered at the Public Square at 12:15 to listen to the melodic, sorrowful Taps played by trumpeter, Barry Barreau. What fun to linger and visit with other Obsidians attending the service—some we had not seen for some time. it was a leisurely morning to share and reflect.

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

  • Number of spots on trip: 14
  • Number of spots available: 0
No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Jacobsen, Janet 541-206-1251 N —
2 Signed-Up Hopkins, Yuan 541-484-4269 N —
3 Signed-Up Allen, Jane 541-731-1338 N 2
4 Signed-Up Larsen, Sandra 541-687-2589 N —
5 Signed-Up Sigrist, Sandra 916-612-5517 N —
6 Signed-Up Pfautz, Annette 541-525-1069 N —
7 Signed-Up Hoeg, Kathy 541-484-6196 N —
8 Signed-Up Gates, Sheridan 202-253-3523 N —
9 Signed-Up Tracer, Sam 541-998-4652 N —
10 Signed-Up Koch, Elizabeth 281-323-9440 N —
11 Signed-Up Sorrell, Lis 541-954-2772 N —
12 Signed-Up Martz, Helen 541-345-6229 N —
13 Signed-Up Soussan, Pat 541-653-7997 N —
14 Signed-Up Essenberg, Margaret 541-343-1733 N —
15 Signed-Up Essenberg, Richard 541-343-1733 N —
16 Signed-Up Essenberg, Richard 541-343-1733 N —
17 Signed-Up Essenberg, Margaret 541-343-1733 N —
18 Signed-Up Iredale, Gwyneth 541-505-0055 N —
19 Signed-Up Wesley, Blue 650-272-9490 N —
20 Waitlist Messinger, Debra 541-914-4696 N —
21 Signed-Up Gould, Whitney 510-368-8941 N —