Building the blue bird house |
One of the most fun things we did with Matthew was to visit the new Evergreen Air Museum water park. What a hoot! How often can you climb stairs to a 747, enter a water slide and zip down into a pool? http://www.evergreenmuseum.org/waterpark/
Our stay here at Champoeg has been not only fun, but informative. I have only lived in Oregon for about 12 years, but have talked to so many who grew up here and never knew this areas history. Did you know here in the park, where the town of Champoeg once stood, is where the first vote to form a government in Oregon was taken? The result of the May 2, 1843 vote (52-50) set up the first provisional government for Oregon, and ensured we would be part of the United States and not Canada.
We highly recommend a visit to this park and hear the history from one of the costumed interpretive hosts. They will walk with you through the museum and tell you the story of the area from the Kalapuya Indians to the Hudson Bay Company and the big vote, to the paddle wheelers that floated the Willamette River carrying passengers and grain to Portland and Eugene.
Traveling Man Deane |
As we get ready to head to Belfair State Park in Washington for three months, we have made a change to our schedule for this fall. We have taken advantage of an opportunity to host in the RV park we like so well in Mesa Arizona. So, instead of hosting back here in Oregon, we will head back to Mesa in October until April next year. We would love to see you..... come visit us this winter and get out of the rain and cold.