Exploring our Roots

This weekend we took advantage of the rain to go indoors and explore our Oregon roots by hitting up a couple of museums in Oregon City. 

We first hit up the Museum of Oregon Territory and saw some pretty cool Native American artifacts and some old pioneer items. 

We saw this amazing pharmacy display that contained many old medicines, medical equipment and prescriptions. 

There was a window with a great view of the oldest PGE electric sites. 

Oregon also holds the original Plat of San Francisco which was filed in Oregon City which was the closest place for them to file to be a city at the time. 

We made a pit stop at the Highland Stillhouse and I had a yummy steak and mushroom pie. 

We then headed to the end of the Oregon Trail. There were a lot of neat things to see as well as some hands on things. I got to walk around in an Oregon Boot, make a doll and make a journal. 

The funnest part was probably dressing up in old pioneer clothes. We had a blast doing that. 

We had a great time learning more about our ancestors who came over the Oregon Trail to make their homes in Oregon. 

Crater Lake Birthday Extravaganza!

This year for Jon's birthday we decided to do something different. Instead of throwing a party we decided it would be fun to go on a road trip. We wanted to go somewhere new that neither of us had ever been to. Crater Lake!

We had a great time enjoying the beautiful scenery, hikes, camping, food and cute critters. We can't wait to go back.

It was quite a hike down to the lake (and back up!) but the boat ride was worth it.

A beautiful view from Watchman lookout station.

Checking out the Phantom Ship.

Plaikni Falls

The Lady in the Woods a carving in stone from 80 years ago.

A beautiful view of Wizard Island.

The volcano spires were AMAZING! (sorry the pic is sideways)

We had a very happy birthday boy!