It is also the day that engineers in the small city of Florence (pop. 9100), located on the Oregon coast about 60 miles due west of Eugene, decided to use dynamite to remove a massive sperm whale carcass from the beach.
So, of course, Florence is finally honoring this immortal occasion with .... a new park!
The name of the new park, “Exploding Whale Memorial Park”, was selected by the town residents themselves. “We asked the community for name suggestions, narrowed those 120-plus names down to nine, and had the community vote on them,” said Florence city project manager Megan Messmer.
The park offers views of the Siuslaw River and Bridge and the sand dunes on the south side of the river, according to the City of Florence’s website.
There are picnic tables and a shelter and a multi-use path....
.... but, sadly, no whale carcasses, exploded or otherwise.
-"BB"-
