Multnomah Falls is really pretty to go visit.  It is also really green there.  The falls are actually two different ones, a lower and a higher one.  There is a bridge that goes over the lower falls, where it gives you a better view of the upper falls.  It is a great place to go see and I highly recommend it.


















































For more information check out these links:
http://www.oregon.com/attractions/multnomah_falls
http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/crgnsa/home/?cid=stelprdb5139466
http://www.waterfallsnorthwest.com/nws/falls.php?num=4051

Horsetail Falls is a great place to visit.  The falls are just to the side of the road and the kids can play in the bottom of the shallow water. I know that my son had a great time playing in them.  The water was a little cold, but felt refreshing on a warm summer day.










































For more information check out these links:
http://www.portlandhikersfieldguide.org/wiki/Horsetail_Falls_Loop_Hike
http://gorgefriends.org/display.php?modin=51&uid=4873
http://traveloregon.com/see-do/attractions/outdoors-nature/horsetail-falls-loop/

Bridal Veil Falls in Oregon is really pretty.    It was a really beautiful hike to get to the falls, and everything was so green.  I still can't get over how green Oregon has been.  You do have to be careful on the hike, as there was poison oak everywhere.  You can hear the falls before you get to them, thundering down the mountain.  There is a little platform that you can stand on in order to get a better view of the falls.




























For more information check out these links:
http://www.oregonstateparks.org/index.cfm?do=parkPage.dsp_parkPage&parkId=107
http://www.portlandhikersfieldguide.org/wiki/Bridal_Veil_Falls_Hike
http://www.waterfallsnorthwest.com/nws/falls.php?num=4059

Rockaway Beach is a great beach to visit, plus it was the first beach that we stopped at on our Oregon Trip. It was also the first beach my son had ever been on.  There were tons of sea shell fragments all over the beach.  The water was cold, but the weather was really nice.  There were some cool rock formations and the town was cool to visit.  There is a cool store there called Flamingo Jim's, that is where we stopped to get some light weight hoodies, as the fog was making it cool.  We also road the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad, which is a cool train ride through the Tillamook bay area.  





































Check out these links:
http://www.flamingojimsgifts.com/
http://www.rockawaybeachor.us/
http://www.rockawaybeachor.info/

Cannon Beach was really pretty to go visit.  The huge pillars sticking out of the ocean were really awesome to see. If you looked closely you could see a light house on one of the pillars.  It was the Tillamook Rock Light House.  We didn't get at chance to go out there, as it would have been to hard to swim and we didn't have a boat.  There were even some dead jelly fish that washed up on the shore.  There wasn't a lot of sea weed washing up nor were there a lot on the beach.  The only thing that was a problem was around evening the sea gulls were everywhere.  A couple of seagulls even got into our bags of chips and ate them all.
































For more information check out these links:
http://www.cannonbeach.org/
http://www.cannon-beach.net/
http://www.el.com/to/cannonbeach/
http://coastexplorermagazine.com/features/best-family-activities-in-cannon-beach-oregon-coast

The Washington Park Rose Test Garden in Portland is a great place to visit.  The roses are absolutely gorgeous and smelled wonderful.  They had fountains all of the place and little paths.  It was so interesting to see so many roses in one place.  There was even a spot that you could look out and see Mount Hood in the distance looming over the city.  The rose garden is one of the 24 official testing sites for the internationally respected All-America Rose Selections (AARS).




























For more information check out these links:
http://www.rosegardenstore.org/international-rose-test-garden.cfm
http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/finder/?PropertyID=1113&amp:action=ViewPark

Going to see Mount Saint Helen was a neat experience.  You can still see the devastation from 1980 along the face of the mountain and down a little valley.  That is about the only area that has not regrown yet. there are some wild flowers around the area.   When I was there, the volcano was smoking, but unfortunately, I forgot my telephoto lens at the hotel.  My son thought it was really cool that it was smoking and wanted to stay until the volcano erupted.  I love volcanoes and find them very fascinating,  and  I'm hoping to be able to go back to see it again.






















More information on the volcano:
http://mountsthelens.com/volcanocamera.html
http://www.fs.usda.gov/mountsthelens
http://www.volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=321050