North Oregon Coast

We got to the Oregon coast and began looking for a place to stay and ended up finding a nice campground in Seaside..15 miles from Astoria, the beginning of the coastal towns, and 7 miles from Cannon Beach. So we stayed two days and explored. We crossed the bridge over to Washington in Astoria just because it was such a high bridge to get the view. Here is the sign coming back in to Oregon.

Lumber waiting to be transported

Seaside, Oregon..Lewis and Clark statue

The Pacific Ocean

They had two films on the expedition and we learned a lot about their journey..they camped here for the winter

and built a fort to stay in..this was recreated in 2005

This Asoria Column was built in 1925 as a salute to early explorers and settlers..the pictures etched in concrete start with 1792 ship arriving to 1880's when the railroad came. You can go up 164 steps

The view from the top (we feel it in our legs this morning) of the Columbia river

You can see the bridge we went over..it looks smaller from the view at the top..and that's Washington accross the Columbia..and this is where the river meets the Pacific Ocean..Lewis and Clark met the goal of finding the Pacific Ocean here

and the tower from a distance

This is a sign you don't see back home!

We were walking on the beach and asked this guy to jump up on the log..he seemed to understand and even looked at Steve as if he was posing

The fog is rolling in

We rode up to Cannon Beach...what a great view and a pretty town..reminds me of Maine with all the cedar shake homes.

We're leaving today to explore more of the Coast