Astoria, OR

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Today we decided to go see the historic town of Astoria.

As we drove into Astoria we decided to cross the Columbia River and go see the Cape Disappointment on the Washington Side. This is part of the 4 miles of bridge that crosses the river.

This part of the bridge is before the large green part in the previous picture.  This is actually a lift bridge so the tall ships can get through.

From the bridge as we drove over the bridge, I was able to get this picture of 3 large ships anchored up river a little.

This is coming down off the tall green bridge shown in the first picture.  The tide is low right now, so we can see sandbars.

This is some beach near the Cape Disappointment Lighthouse in South part of Washington State.

This is the Cape Disappointment Lighthouse.  Many of the lighthouses on the Oregon coast look similar.  Each lighthouse has a different light pattern.  That is the only thing that distinguishes each lighthouse on the Pacific.

This is beach on the north side of a jetty designed to help keep the sand flow up the river under semi-control.  They still have to dredge the river regularly.

Next we went back into Astoria and went to the Columbia River Maritime Museum.

This is the front of the building.

This huge propeller was near the entrance to the museum.

This huge anchor was also near the entrance to the museum.

This a lighthouse lens.  I don't remember which lighthouse it came from.  Wears me out trying to remember all I see.

This is a restored Coast Guard boat from the early 1900's.

During the early 1900's this is the type of fishing boat used by the locals.

This is a display of a full-sized Coast Guard ship rescuing someone in the water.  If you haven't seen the movie "The Guardian", I recommend it.  It is about the Coast Guard.

I took this picture of most of the 4 miles of bridge from the dock behind the museum.

This is an active Coast Guard ship docked here for restocking and refueling we believe.  We saw young men leaving the ship.  It looked like they were on shore leave.

Here we are looking up the Columbia River.  Again you can see how wide the river is here.  Also the clouds are interesting.

Here's my flowers for this post.  These were near the street.

This closeup shows how tiny and delicate these flowers are.

Headed home now.  We have plans to meet with some neighbors at the RV park after dinner.