Oregon Trail Lanes

We are the kind of family that doesn’t celebrate Valentine’s Day, but this year it happened to fall on a Saturday so we still needed to find something to do with our 3 year old. Typically we would just drive into portland if we needed something to do but we wanted to stay closer to home. We decided to try out this bowling alley. We definitely didn’t expect much. The first thing that we noticed was the strange carpet outside the building. Oh well, it’s an old place. For being a holiday the place was pretty busy. We got one of the two open lanes that were not already occupied. It’s always nice when they let our little one bowl in her own shoes instead of making her wear shoes that don’t fit, so that was a plus. I ordered a pitcher of beer and some mozzeralla sticks. I waited for almost half an hour before having to go up there to see if they were finished yet. They forgot to start them. I was slightly annoyed but when they came out they were delicious and we were having a good time. They asked us if we wanted any marinera sauce, we said yes please! Too bad, we never saw it. We ended up ordering another pitcher of beer and playing another game. We had a great time and they fixed the issues promptly with the equipment (this happens everywhere you bowl).
By the end of it my daughter wanted to play some arcade games. None of them were age appropriate except for a little ride on motorcycle. That’s okay, she had no idea and loved every minute of it. My boyfriend kept trying to play the prize machine. He put in six dollars and finally landed on the prize. Unfortunately the machine didn’t give him his prize. I went to the counter and asked the lady for some help. She was excellent! She couldn’t give him his prize and actually gave him all his money back. That was not at all what we expected. She even chatted with us for a few minutes about coming back to have her son in law drill a ball for us. She was very sweet and is why we this place got four stars. We will definitely be back for more family entertainment!