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We attended a company picnic out at Cedar Ridge near Vernonia, OR and had a blast. It was blazing hot out... nearly 100*F and sunny, but there was lots of water.
Good food, too.
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There were lots of activities and things, especially for the kids, but all of us wanted to stay in the water.
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The only thing that got us out of the pool was the MONSTER waterslide! This bad boy was 250' long! It was a great slide. A few of the sliders almost ended up in the Nehalem river at the base of the slide!
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Even the little guy went a few times. The only thing taking him away from the slide was going back to the pool... back and forth, back and forth...
A great day of fun. The only way to spend during these HOT days of summer in the Pacific NW.