Well, yesterday was "not back to school day" at Oaks Park in Portland. Oaks Park is a small amusement park in Southeast Portland that has been there since 1905!! From their website:
Oaks Amusement Park is the last of the historic "trolley parks" still in operation in the northwest and among the oldest continually operating amusement parks in America. "The Oaks" first opened its gates to eager visitors on May 30th, 1905, as a way of boosting ridership on the area's emerging interurban transportation system. Arriving via streetcar, visitors to the park were thrilled by exotic animals, nightly fireworks, a bathhouse, death-defying amusement rides, and that latest of inventions – electric lights! "The Oaks" is proud to have offered safe, wholesome, family fun to our neighbors for over a century. Today when visitors walk through our gates they are delighted by a uniquely Portland blend of modern thrills and turn-of-the-century charm on a midway that houses everything from the vintage roller rink at the one end to the state-of-the-art Adrenaline Peak Roller Coaster at the other. The goal of "The Oaks" remains the same as it began a century ago, to give our neighbors a thrilling and affordable day of fun right in their own backyard.
Every year after they close for the season they host the not back to school day and in addition to the homeschool resource fair they offer HALF-PRICE ride bracelets! To be honest we come for the rides, half-price plus no lines equals happy kids (until the end of the day when we get in the car for our 1.5-hour drive home).
We have not been to Oaks Park in a couple of years so we were quite surprised to see the NEW roller-coaster, Adrenaline Peak! Just click that top picture for a video.
Here are a couple more photos from the day...
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