Oaks Park

Saturday was Paul’s company picnic. Funny thing is that Paul had to work and wasn’t able to go with us.

With Paul working I really wasn’t in the mood to go to an amusement park, but I did think that the kids would have fun. So when Paul left for work, the kids and I took off to the picnic.

Tucked away in Southeast Portland near the Sellwood Bridge is Oaks Amusement Park, one of the oldest continuously operated amusement parks in the United States. A modest operation, the park currently includes about two dozen rides that operate seasonally, a skating rink that is open year-'round, and picnic grounds.




We started are day at Oaks Park by checking in and eating lunch. We then noticed that there was a “face painter”. Both kids wanted to get something painted, so we waited in line. Paityn decided on getting a softball on her arm and Maddux decided on getting a clown face.






After lunch we went into the amusement park to ride some rides. Paityn was so nice and rode almost all the rides with Maddux. I even rode the Farris wheel with both kids!!!