What caught my eye checking the weekday pattern is how late the FX2 still runs out of downtown: the scheduled list for today, Thursday, has the first departure from NW 5th & Hoyt at 5:12 AM and the last at 1:40 AM, with live data listed as unavailable, so those are scheduled times, not live predictions. That late tail is what lets a long day end on the bus instead of in a car.

This was fun to watch! Love that they spent so much time on it, I hope lots of people saw it.

Matt, you live in canby so zip it.

If live in NorthEast, lots in Irving area and along Alameda Ridge has good ones too… I have a larger collection on google map but of these are my favs;

#1) “Crestfallen Cemetery” on southwest corner of NE 17th and BEECH…truly an impressive setup from one end around the house to the other. Lots of moving parts! I wonder if it’s an official haunted house because there looks like there’s an entry, but couldn’t find info.

#2) “the Holliday House” at NE 51st and Alameda, owned by lovely older couple who used to decorate every room inside and every segment if outside on their own, but now gets help from friends and neighbors to do it ALL, *** NOTE; Halloween night, kids get a full candy bar. (Last year several buses arrived, was over 1,000).

Go check it out, a BAND will be playing 6-8pm!

3) just north on the same street (NE 51st), go about a block, look for the ELEVATED GATED YARD (painted black) ON THE RIGHT… about a dozen life-size skeletons, dressed up as famous people who have died. Some are done by her artist friends. This year’s theme is musicians:…Dolly Parton is hilariously awesome. Always worth a stop. BE SURE TO LOOK ON THE ROOF AND THE SIDE OF HER HOUSE.

Runner up: A few more houses north also on the RIGHT, you can’t miss the human-size mummies hanging from gigantic spiderweb, all in a huge tree (takes up the ENTIRE corner), and the rest of the yard is pretty entertaining, changes every year.

Another worth investigating is “Crow Manor” at NE 18th and Tillamook. They are giving tours Fri-Sat. I hear it’s pretty good inside. The gigantic crow outside is quite cool and unique!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L1HPhmLUZ0&t=314s

Fred, where did I ever say I don’t want someone to come in and “fill the void”? The post says I’m searching for an intern. I’ve always said I would love to find someone to come in and take things over. I already have some solid candidates who’ve reached out.

Well, it would be a darned shame if BP were a one-off that could only ever be run by one unique person. Surely there is a market in Portland for what BP has done, meaning that someone else could come in a fill the void JM is leaving behind. But it sounds as though he doesn’t want to make that happen so it will die, eventually. As Seth said, BP really can’t have its cake and eat it too.