the Oregon Coast

Perhaps it was going to clear up, or maybe not. Regardless, Kris and I set off mid morning to visit Astoria, Seaside, and Ocean Beach – all on the Northern Oregon coast. This involved winding our way out of Longview, heading across the river (which should have been the Columbia) and quietly motoring along.

The rest of the post is photo heavy. You may want to cruise the blog here rather than fight your way through pictures that might/might be clear.

It started to clear, patches of blue running together with occasional clouds/fog over some of the mountains. Our first stop was Astoria. I was here in Nov 2017 (my how time flies…) off the American Empress Paddlewheel boat as part of our Columbia & Snake River trip. It was raining… (previous post here).

and surprise, American Empress

So we saw the cruise lines dedicated bus several times.

This time, without the rain, I had the chance to climb the tower, see rivers, the Pacific, and Mt Saddleback. Looking out from the parking lot –

looking out to the Pacific, across the Columbia River

and this should be the Snake River

and then there are the ships lined up for the various harbors

just a few

The Astoria Tower, on the highest point of the overlook,

Outside murals, inside circular staircase

was restored in 1995. Shall I just leave it with – it seemed like the steps went on forever?  From the top –

 

 

Our next stop heading down the coast was Seaside – a popular place for families at holiday time. We didn’t stop, but drove out and around the statue of Lewis & Clark at the end of their journey to sea.

If you are not familiar with Stan Roger’s Northwest Passage – take a minute to listen

From there, it was Ocean Beach. Haystack Rock was clear, the sand was packed, dogs were having a great time running and there were a lot of people.  No puffins seen…

Haystack Rock

after finding a latte, wandering a few galleries and shops we headed back to Washington State.

I head to Oregon again tomorrow, this time with a couple of stops (Columbia Employees Store, Acorns&Threads) before PDX and my Southwest Flight home.

 

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About Holly

fiber person - knitter, spinner, weaver who spent 33 years being a military officer to fund the above. And home. And family. Sewing and quilting projects are also in the stash. After living again in Heidelberg after retiring (finally) from the U.S. Army May 2011, we moved to the US ~ Dec 2015. Something about being over 65 and access to health care. It also might have had to do with finding a buyer for our house. Allegedly this will provide me a home base in the same country as our four adult children, all of whom I adore, so that I can drive them totally insane. Considerations of time to knit down the stash…(right, and if you believe that…) and spin and .... There is now actually enough time to do a bit of consulting, editing. Even more amazing - we have only one household again. As long as everyone understands that I still, 40 years into our marriage, don't do kitchens or bathrooms. For that matter, not being a golden retriever, I don't do slippers or newspapers either. I don’t miss either the military or full-time clinical practice. Limiting my public health/travel med/consulting and lecturing to “when I feel like it” has let me happily spend my pension cruising, stash enhancing (oops), arguing with the DH about where we are going to travel next and book buying. Life is good!
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2 Responses to the Oregon Coast

  1. AlisonH says:

    I had to go check. It was Garnet Rogers we heard at the Folkway Inn in Peterborough, NH back in the day, I think not long after his brother Stan had died. I don’t know too many people who know of them. Thank you for a trip down memory lane.

  2. ron says:

    I really like Stan Rodgers. But he’s done better versions of the Northwest passage.

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