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Out and About
Have you ever bemoaned the fact that you weren’t born about 30 years later, so that you could be a kid in today’s world? That sentiment is doubly strong, it seems, if you’re a parent in the Portland metropolitan area. The region is literally teeming with fascinating places for families to go and fun things for kids to do. It almost creates a problem on its own – instead of wondering “what the heck is there to do?” parents puzzle over “how the heck are we supposed to choose from all of these possibilities?” Below are ideas for family outings in the area as well as a few day trip options. Of course, you can find dozens more in our events calendar each month. Enjoy!
Out and About with Kids
- ‘Time for a Treasure Hunt’: All About Letterboxing
- Riding the Rails in Hood River (Mt. Hood Railroad)
- Oh, the Places We’ll Go: Readers’ Family Favorites
- Family-Friendly Fun Along the Springwater Corridor
- Down on the Farm: A Taste of Rural Life at Old McDonald’s Farm
- Tillamook Forest Center: Fun, Fact-Filled – and Free!
- Watching the Oregon Garden Grow
- The New, Improved World Forestry Center
- Paradise in the City: Leach Botanical Garden
- Summer Stargazing in the Northwest
- Oddwater at the Oregon Coast