The coastal town of Tillamook sits just inland from the Tillamook Bay. It’s not a large city, but it’s big enough to have everything you will need for a trip to the beach. In and around Tillamook there are many outdoor activities available: boating, golfing, riding atv’s, & hang gliding just to name a few. It seems the middle of all the action is in
31 Days in Oregon: Rice Rock Museum
Day 3 includes yet another house in the Portland area. The house is listed in the National Registry of Historic Places, but that’s not why most people visit the house. The house is now a museum, the rooms turned into galleries. If you enjoy natural science then you will adore this museum. If that’s not your thing, then you’ll be really bored here. It really
We Started Letterboxing
This spring the kids & I tried out a new activity: letterboxing. I had vaguely heard about it and decided to look more into it. Well, it’s a treasure hunt similar to geocaching, involves rubber stamps & takes us to new places. Win, win, win!
Columbia Gorge Day Trip
On a fairly sunny day in May, the kids and I spent the day exploring sites in the Columbia Gorge.
Carving Our Own Stamps
With letterboxing in our future, I wanted the kids to create their own stamps.
Making Letterbox Journals
We’ve gone geocaching many times & decided it was time to try letterboxing. The first thing we each needed for our letterboxing adventures were journals. Of course, there’s always the option of buying a journal. But I like the cost of making our own much better, so that’s what we did.
Oregon Garden
The kids & I ventured a bit south yesterday to visit The Oregon Garden. This was a first time visit for all of us. I really wasn’t sure what to expect. We didn’t have time to explore the entire garden, but what we did see we enjoyed very much. It was a great place to explore with my kids. We had fun seeing the birds,