There is just so much history to explore in the Northwest, with much of it being outdoors, which makes it really fun and accessible to kids and families. Just last month we took the kids to a stopping place on the Snake River of Lewis and Clark, and this month I took the kids on a little day trip over to Oregon, to the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center. It's an amazingly well put together exhibition of facts, historical documents and hands on exhibits for the kids. It's built on a bluff with one wall of windows so that you can look out over the prairie and actually still see the wagon ruts from where they come down the pass and head out across the Prairie to the Cascade mountain range - very moving, you can't help but see yourself in one of those wagons.
The kids really enjoyed the trip, although they weren't into my picture taking, lol, and we got to listen to an incredible Native American flute player. It was beautiful day as you can see by the skies, and although the kids made goofy faces in all of my pictures, they all thanked me for taking them afterwards.
