Tillamook Forest Center- Conser Adventure Part I

Today we set out for a Conser Adventure-- non-shopping style... and we headed WEST!






First stop was at the Tillamook Forest Center. I am breaking our trip up on two blogs because this place was sooooo cooool I want everyone who reads about it to understand how cool it is and go there with thier families. I first heard about this a year ago with from my neighbor Mandy who told me how kid friendly it is. There are places to picnic and fun things to do- my toddlers were impressed and amused. Best yet, admission is free and it took us less than an hour to get there. How family friendly is that? It is open from 10-4, and starting next Friday (May 23rd) it will be open 7 days a week (only open Weds-Sun on the off season). Check out thier website for more info: www.tillamookforestcenter.com

So, on a beautiful warm Saturday, around 10AM, we drove up and saw a 40 foot tall look-out tower. Of course that is what my kids wanted to climb first, and we did. They had all sorts of educational stuff that we only glanced at. We will look at it in depth when we visit again this summer I am sure.

Back down to the lodge, we saw Smokey the Bear, we explored different eras(Leila churned butter and dressed the part), we looked at different forests. It was a lot of fun.

Out back they have a 250 foot long pedestrian suspension bridge that goes over the Wilson River. They had several trails to take that would be easy enough for our kids to go on, and we plan to do that again this summer when we have our Guest Wendy with us.

We saw a lot of other visitors there today. There were a bunch of scouts. There were two boys with Nathan's same McQueen Shoes(He called them his friends right away!). We saw some people with Dogs. We saw some people that spoke several different languages. Thrilling... the short stop has definately made us want to go back for more... but we were beach determined and had to keep going.