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:
There’s a month of Sundays (and Saturdays) left of summer vacation – seize the great weather and the weekend with a whitewater rafting trip on the Deschutes River from the tiny town of Maupin.

Maupin is about two hours from Portland, 90 minutes from Bend and an hour from Hood River. Most of the year, it’s a sleepy little town with about 500 residents. But in summer, it explodes with More…

The Experience: When our grandparents and parents were little, they may have spent summer days catching frogs, digging in the dirt and playing outside using little more than their imaginations and whatever they found on the ground. They didn’t need skateboards, TV, or sidewalk chalk. They got sunshine and fresh air, they reinforced their More…

Indoor archery range.
11945 SW Pacific Highway, Ste. 121;503-639-3553; www.archersafield.com.

August. Free.
Alpenrose Dairy, 6149 Shattuck Road; www.softballworldseries.com.

May through September. Cycling track open to the public.
6149 Shattuck Road; 503-246-0330; www.obra.org/track.

Indoor batting cages for all ages, all speeds. Coaches are available: Call for details.
8829 SE Stark St.; 503-257-2255.

Covered outdoor cages open as weather permits.
9405 SW Cascade Ave., Beaverton; 503-641-3983.

Home of Beavers baseball, Timbers Soccer, and Portland State University Football.
1844 SW Morrison; 503-553-5400; www.pgepark.com.

52560 E Sylvan Dr., Sandy; 503-622-5223. www.rainbowtroutfarm.com.

Home of Trailblazers basketball and Winter Hawks hockey.
One Center Court; 503-235-8771; www.rosequarter.com.

Outdoor cages open as weather permits. Closed during winter.
East Delta Park, 10737 N Union Ct.; 503-289-4487.