Heat wave?! Are you serious? Good grief! Oregonians do not know how to handle this above 100 degrees stuff \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0So, if you’ve got kids and are bored with staying indoors in the air conditioning, I do have a few recommendations…<\/p>\n
Murase Plaza at Memorial Park in Wilsonville<\/a><\/strong>: One of my favorite places to take the kids for some water fun is the “waterwall” in Wilsonville. \u00a0It’s also one of my favorite places to get great pics. Major photo op<\/a>. There are mini-fountains in one area and a block-long rock wall with waterfalls and a concrete stream running in front. I recommend parking at the library across the street. The park parking is a bother of a walk on hot days and more appropriate if you want to play on the slides and such, but the library lines up nicely with the water. There is a public restroom…yay…but very little shade…boo. So, bring an umbrella if you are one of those parents that doesn’t want to join in the fun.<\/p>\n Wilson Pool<\/a>: <\/strong>I make the trek out to Wilson Pool at least once a summer. Why don’t we have any outdoor public pools out near Sherwood\/Tualatin\/Newberg\/Wilsonvillle\/Tigard I have no idea? \u00a0My friends and I complain about it every year. \u00a0That said, Wilson Pool is worth the drive. It’s got a great slide, a diving board and the lazy river into the crazy, spinning whirlpool. So fun. It’s always busy, but we all seem to make our way through the crowds with ease. \u00a0Tuesdays are 2-for-1 which is great, but it’s extra crowded on those days. <\/strong><\/p>\n Tualatin Commons Fountain<\/a> and Salmon Street Springs<\/a>: <\/strong>These are fun, too. Not as exciting, but a great stop on a hot day if you are nearby. \u00a0We had the kids run through Salmon Street Springs after visiting Saturday Market and the Brew Fest. \u00a0Tualatin Commons is very convenient for us after soccer practice.<\/p>\n Portland Fountains Next on My List: Lovejoy Fountain Park<\/a> and Keller Fountain<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Heat wave?! Are you serious? Good grief! Oregonians do not know how to handle this above 100 degrees stuff \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0So, if you’ve got kids and are bored with staying indoors in the air conditioning, I do have a few recommendations… Murase Plaza at Memorial Park in Wilsonville: One of my favorite places to take […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fun-photos-general","category-fun-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/angie.windheim.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/angie.windheim.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/angie.windheim.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angie.windheim.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angie.windheim.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/angie.windheim.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/angie.windheim.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angie.windheim.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angie.windheim.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}