Wings & Waves in McMinville

Alex-   Today we drove for a few hours, once we arrived Evan and I bought our air soft guns, after searching for weeks both of us are really excited to shoot them. After the guns were bought we headed out towards the water park Wings and Waves, that was a blast. All slides started from within a Boeing 747. Their was a wave pool which did a really good job at simulating waves crashing. I still have a lot of money left and I will keep that for future trips to the U.S.

Evan- Today I have to say was one of my better days. Once we left our hotel in Florence we hit the road to McMinnville. The drive was only an hour of so, Once we arrived in McMinnville we headed to the Big5sportinggoods and picked out some airsoft guns! We really wanted to open them but my parents said they have to stay closed unit till Tuesday. After that we found a park and had some lunch on a bench. Once we finished our lunch we finally headed off to the McMinnville Wing and Waves water slide park. In my opinion I found it one of the top water parks I’ve been to - just under Dreamworld water park in Australia. But still I found it an awesome experience. I really found this trip one of my favourites, I would really love to do it again!  

Esther - while the boys were having their waterslide adventure at Wings & Waves, Norbert and I got to a long-awaited destination next door, the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum. During our last trip south 12 years ago, we didn‘t have time to stop, but promised ourselves to come back here to see the Spruce Goose, Howard Hughes’ huge aviation miscalculation that flew only for a minute or so before being mothballed for good. I don’t think either of us were prepared for the sheer size of the plane, which is now in the purpose-built museum here at McMinville. The museum also has some other terrific exhibits, including a separate space museum next door.
The afternoon we spent there was pretty tiring, but it was a great experience.
Both of us had pounding headaches, and were grateful to get to the hotel for a good rest.
Tomorrow is a big day to & in Portland, so we’re going to need it!

Yes that IS a de-commissioned Boeing 747 on the roof of the waterslide building! All 4 of the waterslides start in the fuselage, pretty cool according to the boys. On a really hot day, they were happy to get into all the fun the slides and wave pool could dish out.