Meet Author Wendy Gorton at the Fort Clatsop Bookstore

ASTORIA, OR – The Lewis & Clark National Park Association is pleased to announce a guest author event: 50 Hikes with Kids, Oregon & Washington. This free event will take place on June 14, 2025, at 2 PM in the Netul River Room of the Visitor Center at Lewis and Clark National Historical Park. Admission to the park is free for this event.

This engaging, hands-on event includes how to read a hiking guide, a free state map and stickers, top kid-friendly hikes, and a mini hike around the park, weather permitting. Handcrafted for Northwest caregivers that want to spark a love of nature, 50 Hikes with Kids highlights the most kid-friendly hikes in Oregon and Washington. These hikes are perfect for little legs—they are all under four miles and have an elevation gain of 900 feet of less. Some are even accessible by stroller. Every entry includes the essential details: easy-to-read, trustworthy directions; a detailed map; hike length and elevation gain; bathroom access; and where to grab a bite to eat nearby. Full-color photographs highlight the fun things to see along the trail.

Wendy holds a master’s degree in learning technologies and is a former classroom teacher. As part of her quest to bring science education alive, she worked as a National Geographic Fellow in Australia researching Tasmanian devils, a PolarTREC teacher researcher in archaeology in Alaska, an Earthwatch teacher fellow in the Bahamas and New Orleans, and a GoNorth! teacher explorer studying climate change via dogsled in Finland, Norway, and Sweden. Today, she is a global education consultant who has traveled to more than fifty countries to design programs, build communities, and train other educators to do the same.

This event is sponsored by the Lewis & Clark National Park Association (LCNPA) and hosted at Lewis and Clark National Historical Park. The Fort Clatsop Bookstore is a program of the LCNPA, a nonprofit 501c3 supporting education at the park since 1963. The bookstore is located inside the visitor center at 92343 Fort Clatsop Road, Astoria, OR 97103 and online at FortClatsopBookstore.com & LewisAndClarkNPA.org

For more information, please contact Cynthia Thompson at 503-861-4451 or via email at lcnpa@lewisandclarknpa.org