Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks & Minerals - Hillsboro, OR

Here we are on another great FREE adventure thanks to the Cultural Discovery Pass from the library. This time our stop was Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks & Minerals. It was way more interesting than the name implies.

After a couple of hours exploring it was time for lunch. We headed over to Black Bear Diner in Beaverton. A very friendly bear bought Jilly a stuffed bear with his own money!!! She thanked him with kisses. It was one of the sweetest encounters with a stranger.