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Thus, an industry was born that has grown into a thriving business and one of Oregon’s best financial resources. This Oregon wine industry has grown to be internationally known for its fine wines. As the wine industry grew here in Oregon, the tourist industry grew along with it.

Wineries are known for their relaxing and beautiful ambience which is just right for a vacationer. Many of the modern day wineries have added a first class restaurant to their repertoire. The match of a restaurant at a winery is a match made in Heaven so consider the Oregon wine country for your next vacation.

The museum is located at the Hillsboro airport and they concentrate on jet planes up through the cold war period. You will see one their prop planes, a Douglas C-47A sitting out front to greet you as you drive up. Some of the aircraft at the museum are a BAC Jet Provost Mk, a Fouga Magister, a Hawker Hunter, F-86 Sabre, and two Douglas A-26C Tankers Most of their collections are maintained in a flyable condition.

The recently redesigned and refurbished museum has many interactive displays which present the story of how to succeed and protect the environment at the same time.

The parent organization, the World Forestry Center, oversees the operation of a few working forests which provides an arena for hands-on teaching sessions. The word “World” in the name has a specific meaning. It refers to the fact that both the Center and the Museum are seriously involved with international forestry issues and participate in seminars and international conferences on the subject.

The park name implies that it was a volcano and that’s exactly what happened about 400,000 years ago. A major eruption about eight thousand years ago blew the top off of the mountain and left it’s crater and time added the lake.

The lake formed inside the crater is 1,900 feet deep which makes it the deepest lake in the USA. Some of the animals that live in the park are Black Bear, Porcupine, Bobcat, Elk and Mule Deer. Summer park activities include Volcano boat cruises, swimming at Cleetwood Cove Trail and fishing for Kokanee Salmon.and Rainbow Trout. Who knows, you may even have an eagle sighting

We have all read or heard the stories of the Lewis and Clark expedition to open a trail from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean. Indeed, they opened the west, enabling thousands of settlers to follow. The southern segment of the trail as it traveled through Douglas County is called the Applegate Trail.

There is much history about the settlers who used this trail and that history is all available at the Interpretive Center. The center has a rustic outer look and a modern museum on the inside and is located just a few yards from the site of the original encampment.

They have documented stories of the Applegate family, the gold discoveries and the building of the railroad. There is also a covered wagon which is historically accurate. The museum has a Fireside Theater which shows a reenactment of the early encampment by the Applegate family and other settlers. The year was 1846.

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