On Day 2 of this challenge I showed the house used in the first Twilight movie for Edward & his family. Today I show you Bella’s home. The home is located in St. Helens, a small town outside of Portland. Many buildings in the historic downtown area were used in the movie, as well.
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
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!
On a fairly sunny day in May, the kids and I spent the day exploring sites in the Columbia Gorge.
Last week, I took the kids to Fort Vancouver. It was our first visit to this historic site. Built in 1829, Fort Vancouver was once the most important settlement in the Pacific Northwest. It was the headquarters for the Columbia department of Britain’s Hudson’s Bay Company and primarily used for fur trade.
With letterboxing in our future, I wanted the kids to create their own stamps.
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.
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,
