Older Northwest Children's Travel Show

April 16, 2008 4:17 PM

Growing up in Washington state in the 70’s and 80’s I watched a PBS show about a grandma that visited sites of interest (Columbia Gorge, White Bird Pass, etc.) in the Northwest with her grandchildren. Production quality, as I remember it, was rather crude. Does anyone else remember this show? What was the name? Thanks!
posted by rotifer to travel & transportation (4 comments total)

Augh! I remember that show, too! Didn't it have a kids-drawing-like animated intro? Now I'm going to be thinking about it all day.
posted by lovecrafty at 7:47 AM on April 17, 2008

I think it did - the name just completely eludes me.
posted by rotifer at 11:15 AM on April 17, 2008

It was called "Grandma and the Kids." My fourth grade class watched it on video in the early 90s in Vancouver WA.

Do you remember the episode in which a tough motorcycle guy told them to "Go to Hell" but he meant Hell's Canyon? I don't remember any of the other episodes, but my teacher's warning that "there will be bad language in this one" made an impression on me.

A bit of googling around leads me to conclude that there is absolutely no mention of it on the Internet at all.
posted by hyperfascinated at 10:51 PM on April 17, 2008

Wow, thanks! I vaguely remember the Hell's Canyon episode. I can't find it on the net either. Bummer.
posted by rotifer at 1:01 PM on April 18, 2008