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. 

Going Back East

We had a lot of fun on a trip to Eastern Oregon. We started out by heading over to the old farm where Jon's Grandma grew up which is currently still in the Gilliland Family. It has been in the family for 105 years. It was pretty amazing with lots of history. Jon's family was so kind to take us on a tour.

Here is the school his grandma went to

It was so peaceful on the farm!

We also went to the Irrigon watermelon festival. 

Where Jon did his best Merryweather Lewis impression 

We also went to the fish ladder where Jon was almost eaten by a fish

We went up to see Hat Rock

The next day we went up to see some Oregon Trail ruts and views

We also finally got to do the Pendleton underground tour which was pretty cool

It took us to an underground saloon

A Chinese laundry

An underground butcher

We saw prohibition era card rooms

And we can't forget The Cozy Rooms where the working girls worked

We saw the Chinese prisons, opium dens and living quarters

We had a great time and some great meals! But we missed Annabel so we had to come home :)