Evergreen Aviation Museum

This afternoon we headed down to McMinnville to visit the Evergreen Aviation Museum.

 

Sterling gave his thumbs up for the museum.  He squealed and pointed at all the airplanes the WHOLE time.

 Beckett liked the helicopters.

 There were lots of airplane seats around the museum to sit in.

 Marshall took it all in.

 Checking out the Cockpit

 Looking at the model of the Spruce Goose

 Early Flying Machines

 The boys were amazed by this.

 The Spruce Goose in the background.

 Inside the Spruce Goose

 The Spruce Goose- this was hard to get a good picture to show how big it really was!

 Pilot Sterling

 The kid area was super fun!

 They had a flight simulator.

 lots of riding airplanes,

 airplanes to play in,

 helicopters too!,

 and a WWII Battle Simulator.

 Heading off to Space

 They even had a carnival ride.

 The big boys flying high!

 Look at this rocket!

 Lunar Landing Craft

 SO FUN!

 More Helicopters

 Outside there was an airplane themed playground.

 Enjoying the Sun

 This made me laugh and have to take a picture.  With ALL the stuff around us (rides, giant airplanes, rockets, playground, tanks, etc.), what made these boys stop was a small worm wiggling along the ground.

 Lunde Boys

 An Amazing Facility

 Under a 747 Jumbo Jet

 WOW! The boys are under there somewhere.

 Just Sitting on a Tire

 The boys are growing up so fast, but seeing them next to giant planes still makes them seem small.