Any Animal House fans?

I decided since I hadn't done a blog post in a while I would tell you all about some local history. By a show of hands how many people have seen the John Bulushi movie Animal House?

Well I don't know how many people know that it was filmed here in Lane County Oregon. A lot of movies have been filmed in Oregon but most of them have been filmed up north. Twilight and Goonies being the 2 most popular. But Lane County's claim to fame is Animal House. Although if you have seen the movie it's almost embarrassing and if you haven't seen it all I should have to say is National Lampoon's and you will probably get the gist of what kind of comedy it is.

The majority of the movie was filmed on campus at the University Of Oregon. The parade scene was filmed 30 minutes south in Cottage Grove (for the anniversary of the movie they held a huge toga party in C.G. ) and then there was a scene at the Dexter Lake Club.

Inside the club was filmed somewhere else but the front of the actual Dexter Lake Club was a hilarious scene where the guys from the movie hit almost every car in the parking lot trying to get out of there!

Yesterday on my latest geocaching adventure we were sent to the Dexter lake club to find a cache.

The view from the infamous parking lot is so pretty (this picture doesn't do it justice.)

Unfortunately it is for sale right now. It's sad that a piece of history like this (albeit a small piece of history) is just going to be sold, it would be a great tourist attraction if someone fixed it up and marketed it as a tourist stop.Maybe with some memorabilia and pictures from the movie? Would be cool.Incase anyone is interested in buying it Dexter Lake Club is a little under 30 minutes from Eugene and could be a great opportunity.