Willamette Falls Festival

The weather didn’t cooperate, but when does it in Oregon? After almost two years of watching the restoration of the historic Arch Bridge, the Willamette Falls Festival celebrated the reopening of the link between West Linn and Oregon City by the scenic falls.
The organizers planned a nice event. A 3-​day festival and each day has a different theme:
Friday — «An Evening of Arts & Culture»
Saturday — «Family fun Day»
Sunday — «Get Active Day»
The rain put a bit of a damper on some of the activities, but it was still a nice, small town event. In downtown Oregon City, the focus of the festival, you could walk around town to the sounds of a barbershop quartet. There was a small farmer’s market on one block and an artisan’s market on the next. We saw fireworks Saturday night from the McLoughlin Promenade.
On Sunday there is a 5k Fun Run, as well as a run/​bike/​paddle race starting at Clackamette Park. It is also the official bridge reopening for walkers, bikes and antique cars.
We enjoyed this festival all weekend long and one of the highlights for me was taking the trolley tour of Oregon City and West Linn. We were lucky to have the President of the Old Willamette Historical Society as our guide. Very informative and just a lovely way to continue to learn more about our local area.
Many of the historic homes in the area, on both sides of the river, were also open expanded hours and volunteers in period costume were there to provide information, assistance and a dose of fun.
The Arch Bridge will officially open to traffic at 5:00a on Monday.