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Bridge Field Trip
Oct 18 2018
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Portland
Oct 18 2018

I spent an amazing day with Bryce’s 3rd grade class today exploring Portland’s Bridges. We had an awesome tour guide, Peter, who used to be a third grade teacher and gave us a wealth of information. We learned tons of facts but Bryce’s and my top 3 were:

1. The led lights on the Tillicum Bridge change color with the temperature of the water in the Williamette.

2. The Morrison Bridge was the first bridge across the river but the current one is the 3rd built.

3. The Williamette River is the longest north flowing river in the United States.

We also took the city bus for the first time and it went great. The weather was perfect and all the kids were really well behaved. It was a great day.

Getting started

Art sculpture for directions

Benson fountains

The boing boing bridge

The Williamette river

The Broadway Bridge

The Steel Bridge

Snack break

Crossing the steel bridge to examine the lifting mechanism

Here comes a train!

Under the Morrison Bridge

The Morrison Bridge

Our iconic sign

View for lunch from the floating bridge

Love locks

The Hawthorne Bridge

The Markham Bridge

Break at OMSI

This is a lot of walking

The Tillicum

Ms. Peterson’s 3rd Grade Class

Bryce, Oskar, Ty, and Thijs

Bryce and Oskar

Bouncing on the boing boing bridge

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