This summer’s Outdoor Adventure with Kids begins at where the 
Clackamas River Trail begins in Oregon City. It’s a walking and biking trail along the Clackamas River and Clackamette Cove areas.
We parked at Clackamette Park in Oregon City, and walked along the road to get to the start of the Clackamas River Trail. For this first outdoor adventure, we needed something close as my 12-year-old was meeting his friends at the pool. Though Micki had to work last minute, I still wanted to get out with my two who were home for the day. 
As we walked along the river on this hot first Monday of summer, I shared the story with my boys of how their sister, my Rachel, used to bike along this trail to get to work at the Clackamas County Water Treatment Center in Oregon City in 2010 and 2011, and I added that I’d join her on many mornings during those two summers she worked there. Rising at 6 am each day, we’d go out to coffee on the way at Coffee Rush.
I love finding new areas close by to introduce myself and my kids to. It’s been a neat tradition these last few years. Sometimes my kids are excited and sometimes they are not. I try to end the outing with food. That seems to do the trick. Today, we went to the new yogurt shop in Oregon City.
Here’s to a great summer getting my kids and me outdoors in nature together.
