We had nothing planned for this weekend, so Kim and I agreed we had to tackle one of our bucket list items. Sadly after a week of mostly-sunny weather, it is raining today. Much of our list is comprised of outdoor activities, so the weather would limit our choices. Luckily one item was easy to fulfill: “Learning something new at the Oregon Historical Society.”
So we packed up Elias and headed downtown. Now surely you are wondering what we did with a 17 month-old at a museum. Well, he stayed in his stroller for parts, enjoying a few snacks and playing with the program. But we also let him get out and push the stroller, climb on benches, and generally explore. He didn’t hurt anything, and was not so distracting that I didn’t get to enjoy the museum.
The exhibits were very well done. I was fascinated by what I saw there. They had a wide range of history represented, from Merriwether Lewis’ brand to John Kitzhaber’s jeans. Sometime I might like to go back and spend a bit more time taking everything in. What I learned is that the USS Oregon was known as “the bulldog” because the wake it raised made it look like “she was carrying a bone in her teeth.”