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We live in Seattle and love to experience all the city has to offer.
Our Family's Travel Personality
curious, relaxed, simple, easy_going
We Just Got Back From
Reykjavik, Iceland (adults only) and Disneyland (with the kids)
Our Favorite Vacation Spot
Honolulu
A Place We'd Love To Visit
Greece
Favorite Vacation Memory
My favorite vacation was our 6th anniversary trip to Reykjavik, Iceland. Even though I'm not an outdoors person, I loved the glacier hike and enjoying all the beautiful wild scenery. The city was beautiful, everyone was friendly and everything was convenient and well-organized. We finished off the trip by celebrating our anniversary at the gorgeous Blue Lagoon!
Worst Travel Moment With My Kids:
Losing my 4 1/2 year old son in Disneyland!
Websites I Like:
Best attractions in Western Oregon for kids who love animals
If you and your kids love to get up close to some wildlife, check out this list of places to go!
200 North Promenade
Seaside, Oregon
Comment:
Seaside Aquarium is one of the oldest aquariums on the West Coast. It's home to the Harbor Seals of the Seaside Aquarium who sit, talk and perform tricks for food! In addition to the seals, this aquarium has an underwater area, where you can see Pacific Ocean sealife. There's also a touch tank, where you can get even closer to the creatures!
Admission is $8 for adults, $4 for ages 6-13 and free for those under 5.
2820 SE Ferry Slip Rd
Newport, Oregon
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The Oregon Coast Aquarium is a popular and award-winning attraction, located in Newport, OR. It's home to giant Pacific octopus, sea otters, seals and sea lions, sea birds, and lots of other marine life. The exhibits are arranged in a way that guides visitors through one local ecosystem to the next, starting with the top of the Coastal Mountain range and ending with the waters offshore.
In addition to the animals, there are grounds and gardens.
The Oregon Coast Aquarium is open every day except Dec. 25. Hours vary depending on the season. Adult admission is $18.95, young adults (13-17) are $16.95, and children ages 3-12 are $11.95.
4001 SW Canyon Rd.
Portland, Oregon
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This is an award-winning zoo, located just outside Portland. It features lots of animals, including elephants, hedgehogs, snakes, birds, tigers, cheetahs, meerkats, kinkajous, lions, otters, lizards, fish and more!
Hours of admission change seasonally, so visit the website for information. Adult admission is $10.50, seniors are $9 and kids 3-11 are $7.50. Parking is $4 per vehicle. On the second Tuesday of each month, admission is only $4.
If your kids want to learn even more about the animals than the displays tell you, they can purchase a zoo key for $2.50, which can be put into animal talk boxes around the zoo.
reviewed on: August 20 2012
"A nice but not spectacular zoo. "
We were trying to figure out a place to meet up with friends of our family- somewhere that would appeal to four adults as well as two preschoolers. Someone suggested the zoo and we all happily agreed. We visited on a very busy day and the main parking lot was full. We followed the signs to the offsite parking, parked our car and headed to the shuttle stop. They were running shuttles fairly often, so we only had to wait about 10 minutes or so.
We're members of the zoo in Seattle, so were able to get half price admission, since this is a reciprocal zoo.
My kids enjoyed both walking around the zoo and being carted about in a rental stroller. We thought the zoo was a decent size- lots of animals to see, but we were able to see most everything in an afternoon.
This is an award-winning zoo, but compared to Seattle's Woodland Park zoo and the San Diego Zoo (which we had visited shortly before- I know it's an unfair comparison, but it was fresh in my mind), the Portland zoo seems very outdated. Many of the habitats were smaller than I expected, and often the animals seemed very cramped.
Still, it was a good place for both adults and kids to hang out and we all had an enjoyable afternoon.
SE 7th Ave & Sellwood Blvd
Portland, Oregon
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Located in Portland, the wildlife refuge has trails (both paved and unpaved) for biking, hiking and walking. While exploring, you can see hawks, quail, pintails, mallards, coots, woodpeckers, kestrels, and widgeons, and blue herons, to name a few.
5151 NW Cornell Road
Portland, Oregon
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This destination is a 150-acre nature sanctuary NW Portland. It's open daily from dawn to dusk.
Here you can see native wildlife and explore 4 miles of trails and visit education birds in the Wildlife Care Center. Admission is free.
11th Ave SW and Portland Ave SW
Bandon, Oregon
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Coquille Point is part of the Oregon Islands Refuge. Here you can observe seabirds and harbor seals and explore the beach. The area is also home to habitat for Common Murre, Tufted Puffin, Western Gull and Brandt's Cormorant and rocky intertidal invertebrates. There's a paved trail to follow (with panels providing information about the area and its history. There are also stairways to the beach.
