Washington Coast Vacation October 2011

Interstate highway along the Columbia River somewhere in Oregon

Mount Hood as seen from Vancouver, I think.

Pacific Ocean beach on the Long Beach Peninsula, Washington

More of the Pacific Ocean on the Long Beach Peninsula, Washington

Barges on the Columbia River near Astoria, Oregon

Astoria Column (600 feet high, 164 steps to the top), Astoria, Oregon

View of the Columbia River from the Astoria Column Park, Oregon

View of the Columbia River from the Astoria Column Park, Oregon

Historical marker at the wreck of the Peter Iredale near Astoria, Oregon

What is left of the Perter Iredale

A fishing boat at the tip of the Long Beach Peninsula, Washington

Young deer that wandered into someone's front yard in Fort Stevens, Oregon

These houses were purchased from the Sears catalog long ago. They look pretty good for a catalog order. (Wonder if they delivered or had to be picked up from the store. lol)
Astoria, Oregon

Gravesite of Chief Nahcati in a cemetery in Oysterville, Washington

Oysterville was settled in 1854 by R.H. Espy and I. A. Clark. They had agreed on a rendezvous with Chief Nahcati who had told Espy of tidelands covered with succulent oysters. On April 20, as they paddled north from the head of the bay, they became engulfed by a heavy fog. Their sense of direction vanished and they feared they would be swept out to sea. However, Nahcati had spotted them before the fog rolled in and, by rhythmically pounding on a hollow log, directed them to shore. Nahcati had not exaggerated. The mudflats were piled high with tiny native oysters, there for the taking.

More graves in the Oysterville Cemetery, Washington

The Nutty Narrows Bridge in Longview, Washington, spans across a busy roadway and was constructed in an effort to reduce the number of squirrel casualties. The bridge was built by Amos J. Peters and a statue was erected in his honor in a park located on the same roadway. The bridge is 60 feet long and cost approximately $1000 to construct and install in 1963.

Relaxing on the hotel balcony in The Dalles, Oregon

Bridge across the Columbia River, The Dalles, Oregon

Tugboat pushing a barge up the Columbia River

Guess Who?  Exploring the dam at The Dalles, Oregon

Beautiful fall trees in the park at the dam, The Dalles, Oregon

Scenery on the way home from the Oregon/Washington Coast

Tugboat pushing a barge down the Columbia River

Pacific Ocean somewhere on the Oregon Coast

Bird

These sand dollars were just laying on the beach a few hundred feet from the water.

View of Haystack Rock from the hills of Cannon Beach, Oregon

Pacific Ocean coastline, Long Beach Peninsula, Washington

Road to Leadbetter Point State Park at the northern tip of the Long Beach Peninsula, Washington

(The rode wound a couple of miles through luxuriously dense wooded land. Beautiful!)

Guess where?!  Multnomah Falls, Oregon

Bridge across the Columbia River from Astoria, Oregon to the Washington Peninsula

Mount Hood from the interstate along the Columbia River in Oregon


Captions courtesy of my wife, Linda.  She was there also.