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Big Kites in Sky, Lincoln City, Oregon - Travel Oregon
Oregon is a great place for a family vacation and each region has something different to offer. The state's beaches are perfect to fly kites. Rent one, buy one or watch the masters fly their colorful kites. The best spot to see hundreds of kites at once is Lincoln City, situated on the 45th parallel. It is positioned at the ideal point for mixing warm equatorial air and cold polar air, which creates the best winds for kite flying. This kite capital of the world? hosts several kite festivals each year as do other towns such as Rockaway Beach. Kite-flying competitions are not the only contests. Many beach towns (like Seaside or Cannon Beach) also hold sand castle competitions. Grab a shovel and put your architectural skills to work! A shovel will also comes in handy in Eastern Oregon, where you can search for fossils in a town that is appropriately named Fossil. For a $3 admission, anyone can dig in a public fossil field with excellent chances of finding over 30-million-year-old relics. Oregon?s more recent history can be explored through several unique museums and tours that are fascinating for children. Over 150 years ago, the families of the early pioneers walked thousands of kilometers to reach their dream destination: the fertile Willamette Valley. Today, the End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center in Oregon City (just south of Portland) marks the official end of the trail and explains the achievement of the pinoeers through living history presentations. In Portland, history can be explored by going underground. In the middle of the 19th century, a tunnel system ran under the waterfront of the city. Innocent men (and women) were kidnapped, dragged into the tunnels and sold to the captains of ships that sailed to Asia. The remnants of these infamous catacombs, tunnels, trapdoors and secret entrances, can now be explored through a Shanghai Tunnel Tour where knowledgeable guides bring Portland's dark history to light. Watch out for the ghosts that have been spotted here!