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June 19, 2015 | Cannon Beach Gazette | cannonbeachgazette.com • 9A A walk in the park with the Goonies Retired park ranger recollects film shoot at Ecola State Park By Erick Bengel Cannon Beach Gazette If Goonies buffs who visited Ecola State Park in Cannon Beach during WKH ¿OP¶V WK DQQLYHUVDU\ FHOHEUDWLRQ LQ HDUO\ -XQH OHDUQHG RQH WKLQJ LW¶V WKLV ³<RX FDQ¶W ULGH \RXU ELNH out of the south end of As- WRULD DQG LPPHGLDWHO\ EH in Ecola State Park,” said Patrick Lines, a retired park ranger. But, of course, one ZRXOGQ¶W NQRZ WKDW IURP watching “The Goonies,” ZKLFKSOD\VSUHWW\IDVWDQG loose with its North Coast JHRJUDSK\ DQG JLYHV WKH LPSUHVVLRQ WKH *RRQLHV house is just a few pedal SXPSVDZD\IURP+D\VWDFN Rock. 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In an overhead shot at DERXW WKH PLQXWH PDUN the Goonies are seen biking downhill over the black- WRS 7KH\ VWRS WKHLU ELNHV URXJKO\ ZKHUH WKH SDUN¶V YLHZLQJ SODWIRUP ZDV ODWHU built) to point out Cannon %HDFK¶V VHD VWDFNV LQFOXG- LQJ +D\VWDFN 5RFN WKDW DSSHDURQWKHLUPDS0LNH\ VKRXWV ³,W¶V WKH WKUHH rocks!” 6XSSRVHGO\WKHWUHDVXUH seekers are biking toward WKH )UDWHOOLV¶ UDPVKDFNOH restaurant at Ecola State 3DUN ,Q UHDOLW\ WKH FDVW LV PRYLQJ DZD\ IURP WKHLU GHVWLQDWLRQ JHRJUDSKLFDOO\ speaking, Lines said. :KHQWKH*RRQLHV¿QDO- O\ DUULYH DW WKH SDUN KDXO- LQJ WKHLU ELNHV XSKLOO WKH\ have a view of an Ecola 6WDWH 3DUN YHU\ GLIIHUHQW IURPZKDWRUGLQDU\YLVLWRUV will see without a produc- WLRQ GHVLJQHU OLNH - 0L- chael Riva around. 7KH VDPH SHUPDQHQW SLFQLF WDEOHV FXUUHQWO\ standing there are present in WKH VFHQH EXW FDPRXÀDJHG as piles of driftwood and beach debris, Lines said. As the Goonies count SDFHV WRZDUG WKH RP- inous-looking restaurant, WKH\ SURZO RYHU D UXWWHG URDG FDUYHG VSHFLDOO\ IRU the shoot. Lines suggested to the *RRQLHV FUHZ WKDW WKH\ VKRXOG OD\ URFN GRZQ WR PDNH WKH URDG HDVLHU WR drive on; the crew dis- DJUHHG VD\LQJ WKH\ ZHUH JRLQJ IRU D JUDVV\ UXVWLF untended look. :KDW WKH FUHZ GLGQ¶W take into account was the Ecola State Park landslide ERICK BENGEL — EO MEDIA GROUP At Ecola State Park, Patrick Lines, a retired ranger with Oregon State Parks, points toward where the Fratellis’ hideout (aka, the Lighthouse Lounge) stood in “The Goonies.” In reality, the structure was almost completely empty and only “dressed up” on the sides that faced the camera, Lines said. RI ZKLFK GDPDJHG DFUHV DQG FORVHG WKH SDUNIRUPRQWKVDFFRUG- ing to the state parks web- site. 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But inside the building, LW ZDV DQ ³HPSW\ VKHOO´ Lines said — except for the spot on the interior wall surrounding the window that the kids peer through, which was painted and crowded with cobwebs and GXVW\IXUQLWXUH :KHQ WKH NLGV ¿QDOO\ HQWHU WKH )UDWHOOLV¶ GHQ DQG the audience sees the full interior, the actors are on a VRXQGVWDJHLQ+ROO\ZRRG 7KH ¿OP¶V ¿QDOH ² when the Goonies, their parents and Sloth cheer as 2QH(\HG :LOO\¶V SLUDWH ship sails off into the sun- VHW²ZDVRULJLQDOO\VODWHG to be shot at Indian Beach, OHVVWKDQWZRPLOHVQRUWKRI Ecola State Park. %XWDIWHUWKHFUHZ¶VH[- perience at Ecola — where VKRRWV VFKHGXOHG IRU D GD\ WXUQHG LQWR WKUHH GD\V EH- cause of the hellacious FRDVWDO ZHDWKHU ² WKH\ packed up and took their IDQF\ HTXLSPHQW WR *RDW Rock State Beach in Sono- PD&RXQW\&DOLI “The weather was so bad WKDW WKH\ MXVW VDLG µ:H¶UH GRQH¶ $QG WKH\ KHDGHG EDFNWR+ROO\ZRRG´/LQHV said, adding with a grin, ³7KH\ ZHUHQ¶W DV KDUG\ DV XV 1RUWKZHVW IRONV \RX NQRZZKDW,¶PVD\LQJ"´ WKH *RRQLHV¶ OLYHO\ VSLULWV haunted the terrain. Though the Lighthouse Lounge and the road leading to it dis- DSSHDUHG VRRQ DIWHU ¿OP- LQJ ZUDSSHG LW LV HDV\ WR SLFWXUHWKHPVWLOOWDNLQJXS Haunted terrain space in the grass. 0DQ\ RI WKH *RRQLHV Brothers Blain Stone, IDQV DVVHPEOHG IRU /LQHV¶ DQG /XFLDQ 6WRQH RI presentations strolled %UHPHUWRQ :DVK VDZ through the park in a state ³7KH*RRQLHV´IRUWKH¿UVW of fond reverence, as if WLPHWKUHHPRQWKVDJRDQG Truffle Shuffle run attracts Goonies cosplayers But non-Goonies fan takes the gold By Erick Bengel Cannon Beach Gazette SODLQ WKH FRVPLF LQMXVWLFH WKDW LV 6FKUDPD¶V YLFWRU\" ³*RRQLHV IDQV DUH EXV\ ZDWFKLQJWKHPRYLHLQVWHDG of training,” she said. 7KH QHDUO\ UXQQHUV DW WKH HYHQW KRVWHG E\ WKH &DQQRQ%HDFK&KDPEHURI &RPPHUFH UDQ QRUWKZDUG DORQJWKHVKRUHOLQHIURPWKH 7RORYDQD %HDFK :D\VLGH to East Washington Street DQG EDFN 7KH UXQQHUV¶ WLPHVZHUHQ¶WUHFRUGHGEXW 6FKUDPD¿QLVKHGWKHUXQLQ DERXW PLQXWHV VKH HVWL- PDWHG $V D ZDUPXS D VPDOO circle of children and their SDUHQWV 7UXIÀH 6KXIÀHG This is where one lifts up RQH¶V VKLUW WR H[SRVH RQH¶V EHOO\ DQG MLJJOHV LW IRU SXEOLF DPXVHPHQW D VWXQW PDGH IDPRXV E\ ³&KXQN´ WKH FKXQN\ NLG LQ ³7KH *RRQLHV´SOD\HGE\WKHQR ORQJHUFKXQN\ FKLOGDFWRU WXUQHGODZ\HU-HII&RKHQ In an affront to the gods RI QHUGRP WKH ¿UVWSODFH IHPDOHGLYLVLRQ ZLQQHU RI WKH NLORPHWHU ³7UXIÀH 6KXIÀH´IXQUXQKHOG-XQH in Cannon Beach had never seen “The Goonies.” ,Q IDFW (VWKHU 6FKUDPD ZKROLYHVLQ+RXVWRQ7H[- DV EXW KDLOV IURP +ROODQG had never even heard of WKH FXOW FODVVLF EH- fore last week. 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