Our Visit to Astoria

Here we are in one of the prettiest places in Oregon, Astoria! Home of the world famous Maritime Museum. Lots of interesting stuff on ships, barges, tug & tow boats, fishing, and much more. Jill is standing by the world record largest chinook salmon (83 pounds) and the top 10 things that bring good luck to fishing. We liked no. 4 best, "No suitcases on board, only farmers carry suitcases".

Jill is now steering a large battle ship on to victory!!! "Is that an iceberg ahead?"

She is now watching a daring rescue of a man overboard by the Coast Guard! The Coast guard has a significant presence in Astoria because the area where the Columbia river meets up with the Pacific ocean is one of the most dangerous areas to cross in the world.

Dad takes a rest on a huge anchor. Mom thinks they could just hook that huge chain to Dad and use him as the anchor.

This handsome couple is posed in front of a lighthouse boat called the "Columbia". This boat was used as a mobile lighthouse to warn ships of danger.

Mom is pondering the challenges of life as she looks out over the little harbor where one of the Coast Guard bases is located.

"Hey you guuuyyys". You might recognize that line from the memorable movie classic "The Goonies" which was filmed here in Astoria.

If you look very, very closely on that little rock in the middle just off shore you can see a bunch of penguins that must of got lost on their last hunting excursion. Maybe they were just birds that looked like penguins. Who cares!

Here Mom is in front of a historic lighthouse that is still in working order, still warning ships that there is land near by. This was pretty cool and Mom executed the hike up the hill like a skilled mountaineer.

We stayed in the Benjamin Young Bed & Breakfast Friday night after doing all the sight seeing previewed above, woke up bright and early for the breakfast part of the "Bed & Breakfast", and then went to the annual Scandinavian Festival (Mom has some Scandinavian blood coursing through her veins if you didn't know that already). We watched some fun authentic Scandinavian dancing and ate some Scandinavian food and then drove back to good old Aloha. It was good to get away and relax a bit.