Father's Day at Oaks Amusement Park

Drew and Jill woke me up around 9 this morning with Krispy Kreme doughnuts and Starbucks coffee. That's a hell of a good start to any day! We then decided to brave the weather forecast of 40% chance of rain showers, and headed to Oaks Amusement Park for the day. They have a special on Father's Day. Buy a kids ride bracelet, and Dad gets one for free! Woo-hoo!

We were prepared for the worst. It was sunny in Vancouver, but there were clouds in our future! We actually went through some pretty good rain showers on the way to the park.

Here we are when we first arrived. It was a bit chilly then, but it ended up perfect!

Drew's first roller coaster ride. He was a little scared the first lap, but he loved the second lap!

Drew rode this ride like 5 times. It was like an airplane with a gun on it. When he squeezed the trigger, it made a little buzzer/horn sound.

Lunch Break!

Drew looks good in lederhosen!

Today was the day of Drew's first Scrambler ride. He LOVED it. We did it twice.

Ice cream break!

Oaks park is situated on the Willamette River just south of Portland. Here you can see Portland across the river in the background. as you can also see, the weather cleared up.

Down on the beach we saw the Portland Spirit. Drew and I waved. The boat blew it's horn and people waved back.

We also saw a bunch of adolescent geese!

Today was also the day of Drew's first go-kart ride. It was awesome. We passed 6 cars and got passed zero times. Have I mentioned that I am an incredible go-kart driver? (Because I am.)

Big Pink. Yeah.

Drew and Jill on the Midway.

As we expected, the 4 1/2 hour day wore Drew out. Here he is on the way home.


Overall, it was a great Father's Day... Thanks family!