On a brisk clear morning, four riders took the stimulating scenic route – via the top of Mt. Tabor Park – to arrive at today’s destination.

Stark Street Station, which sits in a portion of a former fire station, is more of a convenience restaurant than coffee shop.  It has refrigerated cases with quiches and salads, as well as the capability to make soup and sandwiches.  Thus, while they don’t mind having patrons hang out while it is slow, and the building’s interesting history is well presented on its walls, seating options are limited and they don’t have the array of homey touches we see in top notch hangouts.

Government disappointments was our primary topic this morning.  Gov. Kitzhaber’s troubles started our discussion – we have little sympathy for Cylvia Hayes – then moved onto the assistant fire chief who was reprimanded for informing an adult business there wouldn’t be any fire marshalls visiting them on a night that they planned to exceed their capacity; and then to the female prison guard in Hillsboro who had sex with a dangerous prisoner 13 times. With 3 of the 4 of us having had government careers, we were mightily disappointed.    6049 SE Stark    https://www.facebook.com/StarkStreetStation