If you were a child or teen in the 80’s there’s a good chance you know about the Truffle Shuffle. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, then you have to go rent/borrow/buy or add the Goonies to your Netflix queue. Although, I’m not sure if seeing it for the first time as an adult would lessen it’s charm, but either way, I think it’s a risk worth taking. The movie recently celebrated it’s 25th anniversary. The celebration took place at the beginning of June in Astoria, Oregon, where it was filmed. It’s only a three hour drive for us, so we thought we’d take our first trip to Oregon and join in the FUN!
Astoria is absolutely charming and it happens to be the oldest American settlement west of the Rockies. We learned a lot on our Astoria Riverfront Trolley ride! Ha! After a day of visiting “Mikey and Brand’s” house, the Lower Columbia Bowl (famous for “Chunk’s” milkshake scene and where all three boys in our family got beat by a girl–a proud moment for me), the old Clatsop County Jail (scene of the Fratelli jail break, now home of the Oregon Film Museum) and the Flavel House Museum (scene of “Mr. Walsh’s” museum curator job), we headed to Fort Stevens State Park for our first family camp out.
It rained, but we didn’t get too wet. Convincing my A. that I had to actually spray the insect repellent on him and not on the mosquitos took some convincing. It was hilarious and so was the smell of our “natural” repellent. Poor Ali, we made him face the swarms of mosquitos to spray himself outside of the car because we were all choking from the smell inside the car. But, we were chemical free and pretty much free of bites too. It did it’s job! Despite the mosquitos, we all loved camping and we are now officially hooked!
Our last stops before heading home included the Astoria Column, which Ali and M. climbed to get an amazing view of the city and surrounding rivers, bay, mountains and Pacific Ocean and the 17th Street Dock, where I made friends with lots of California Sea Lions. I only wish I could have taken them all home with me! Quigley could have had more brothers!
It seems as my boys are getting older that time is going at warp speed. It’s easy to get caught up in the day to day, so I am grateful for these fun memories and for taking the time to go have a little adventure. Thanks for letting me share it with you…
Hey Goonies fans, there is already talks of the 30th Goonies Anniversary celebration! You can find the group on facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=127484930617199. Yes, I’ve already joined!
xo,
Kristie
