Fun with the Family Oregon

Written by a parent for parents, this opinionated, personal, and easy-to-use guide has hundreds of ideas to keep the kids entertained for an hour, a day, or a weekend! Fun with the Family Oregon leads the way to amusement parks, historical attractions, children's museums, wildlife habitats, festivals, parks, and much more. The whole family will enjoy . . . Donning your 10-gallon hats and cowboy boots (or baseball caps and sneakers) at the Pendleton Round-Up, one of America's largest rodeos. Enjoying the tide pools (at low tide) around the base of 235-foot Haystack Rock near Cannon Beach, one of the world's largest freestanding monoliths. Flying high at the sight of the fighter planes and blimps in the Tillamook Air Museum, the world's largest clear-span wood building.

Sarah Pagliasotti is a freelance writer for parenting and travel publications, among others. She's a nearly-native Oregonian who grew up splashing in the surf at Newport's Nye Beach, hiking the forests of the Cascade Mountains and waiting on a tow-truck for the family VW bus on myriad roadsides throughout the state. With wanderlust in her DNA, she's now logging many miles with her own family exploring Oregon's bounty and searching out unique experiences for families. She lives in Portland with her husband and two curious daughters.