The Experience: Where can you find rock stars, Chinese acrobats, dog tricks, fruit pies and baby pigs all in one place? The State Fair, of course! Starting Friday, this annual event will More…

The Experience: If ever there were a place to burn off kid energy, Sky High Sports in Tigard is it. Imagine a giant space with nearly wall-to-wall trampolines, where kids can literally bounce off the walls – because they’re trampolines, too.

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The experience: Calling all families – it’s time to grab your bikes and tour your city’s neighborhoods with Sunday Parkways. For three more weekends this summer, the City of Portland will close routes around the city to cars and other motorized traffic, reserving streets exclusively for bikers, walkers, runners, skaters and anyone else who wants to move (including those on mobility devices).

Based on a program that began in More…

The Experience: If you’ve ever wondered what Harry and Sally were singing about during that impromptu karaoke version of “The Surrey With the Fringe on Top,” you’re in for a treat. Next sunny day, take your family down to Kerr Bikes near Salmon Street Springs Fountain in Waterfront Park, and rent yourself your very own surrey. Kerr offers two-person or four-person, pedal-powered surreys, plus scooters, recumbent-bike-like vehicles, and regular adult and kid bikes. If you’re on the waterfront with your own wheels, Kerr has a new U-Fix-It Bike Station where you can pump your tires and give your bike a quick tune-up for free.

But go for the surrey! It’s a hoot and surprisingly easy to pedal. Plop little ones in the front basket – they love it! – and make bigger kids carry their own weight by helping propel. Head north to More…

The Experience: Glimpses of sun and the rapidly waning school year are getting locals riled up for summer. What better way to officially ring in the season than to pick a flat of ripe, sun-kissed berries and make jam? Or you might eat most of them on the way home and enjoy the last morsels in a pie or with a dollop of whipped cream. Yum. Kids love traipsing through the fields to find ripe berries, and somehow what you could buy at the store or farmer’s market is even sweeter when you’ve spent a summer day harvesting them yourself. More…

First operated in 1914, the Canby Ferry takes you on a short trip across the Willamette between Canby and Wilsonville .
Canby; 503-650-3030; www.clackamas.us/transportation/transit/ferry.htm.

This authentic replica of a turn-of-the-century sternwheeler plies the Columbia and Willamette. Operated by the Portland Spirit.
503-224-3900; .

fun-center.com. Attractions include go-carts, miniature golf, batting cages and video arcade.
29111 SW Town Center Loop W, Wilsonville; 503-685-5000;

Video and pinball arcade.
511 NW Couch St.; 503-796-9364; www.groundkontrol.com.

Laser tag, video arcade and restaurant.
6540 SW Fallbrook Place, Beaverton; 503-526-9501; www.laserportofbeaverton.com.

9405 SW Cascade Ave., Beaverton; 503-641-8122; www.maliburaceway.com.

Thrill rides, kiddie rides and indoor roller skating. Activities include preschool mornings for children 6 and under during summer months.
7805 SE Oaks Park Way; 503-233-5777; www.oakspark.com.

Cruises on the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
Portland; 503-224-3900; www.portlandspirit.com.

Hosts bike rides tailored for families and novice riders. Kids must be accompanied by an adult. Ride schedule available at many area bike shops.
503-257-PWTC (ride schedule hotline); 503-666-5796 (information hotline); www.pwtc.com.

Pop-in play times on giant inflatable play structures for ages 2 to 6 and 7 to 10.
9665 SW Allen Blvd., Suite 110, Beaverton and Pump It Up Jr., 16205 NW Bethany Ct., Suite 120, Beaverton; 503-644-6488; 25749 SW Canyon Creek Rd., Ste. 700, Wilsonville; 503-582-1331; www.pumpitupparty.com.

Laser tag and video arcade.
16074 SE McLoughlin Blvd., Milwaukie; 503-652-1122; www.ultrazoneportland.com.

One- and two-hour boat tours on the Willamette. Dress to get wet!
1945 SE Water Ave.; 503-231-1532, 888-JETBOAT (538-2628); www.willamettejet.com.

Operated by the Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society, offers a journey along the Willamette River in an antique trolley car. Special trains run on Mother’s Day and Father’s Day and Christmas Ships Parade runs feature views of the traditional holiday spectacle.
311 State St., Lake Oswego; 503-697-7436; oerhs.org/wst/index.htm.

Avalon Theater and Arcade, 3451 SE Belmont St, 503- 238-1617; Gateway Arcade, 10306 NE Halsey St, 503-255-7333; Beaverton Arcade, 4070 Ceder Hills Blvd, Beaverton, 503-626-1665; Milwaukie Cinemas and Arcade, 11011 SE Main St., Milwaukie, 503-653-2222; www.wunderlandgames.com.