Beth Walz, Basecamp Manager
The theme of our July 4th celebration was "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles." We took a good ol' fashion car excursion to the northern coastal portion of Oregon and had an adventurous time.
One of our first stops was at the Evergreen Air and Space Museum. This receives two adventurous thumbs up. The legendary Spruce Goose airplane is there (think of Leonardo in the film, Aviator) and hundreds (or so it seemed) of other sleek and threatening planes.
The space museum is housed in a nearby separate building. This is worth a dedicated visit and lots of fun for the kids. In between the two museums is the IMAX Theater. They were showing several 3D films (we saw Legends of Aviation)and it is an entertaining and educational pit stop between the two overwhelming museums.
We camped out in a little town called Garibaldi. The town has a historic train running directly across from the campgrounds and takes visitors to Rockaway Beach. We actually drove to Rockaway to see the Fourth of July Parade (lots of fun) before catching lunch at the next aviation museum, The Tillamook Air Museum.
The Tillamook Air Museum is amazing, interesting, historic and simply fascinating. In a word - go! Also in Tillamook is the famous cheese factory (with 38 types of icecream!).
The final evening we took the old steam train to Rockaway to see the July 4th fireworks display on the beach. We had a fabulous view and could leisurely sit on the train eating our hot dogs and enjoying the entire evening.
This was a wonderful July 4th celebration - combing the patriotism of small town America with some of the best historic aircraft in the world. The stream train was just a thrill and frosting on the cake!
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