Oregon Coast Day 2

We headed out trailing the RV.

First stop was a beach that had a ship wreck.
I had never seen so many pelicans! They were everywhere. It was neat to watch them dive for fish.

What kid doesn't love a good treasure?!

Lots of broken sand dollars, crab parts, little fish and a few jelly fish.

Jessie really took a liking to Uncle Dano

The Ship Wreck of Peter Iredale One ship that did not make it over the sandbars at the mouth of the Columbia River.

Fort Stevens State park has a fort that was built during the Civil War to protect the Columbia River. The fort was rebuilt during WWII to protect the Columbia from the Japanese and then was deactivated after WWII. Lots of historic buildings, gun emplacements and military stuff! Brigham was in heaven.

The bomb storage

We went over to the shores of the Columbia and spotted this daddy eagle with his eaglet.

Ft. Stevens has miles of biking trails all over. It was a beautiful ride!

We headed to Astoria to see where they had filmed Goonies, but we were surprised by what a charming little town we found.

A little History of Astoria: Oldest American community west of the Mississippi. Beautiful restored Victorian homes look out across the Columbia to Washington. 1805-06 Lewis & Clark built a fort near Astoria to establish American claim. 5 years later, in 1811, fur traders working for John Jacob Astor arrived at the mouth of the Columbia to setup a fur trading post and called it Fort Astoria. IN the War of 1812 the British took it over but returned it to US hands. It was a booming fishing town in the 1880's.

The jail the Fratelli's escape from.

This is Data's house. You may remember he zip lines from his window into the Walsh's screen door and the statue gets knocked over in the commotion. Also in the driveway is where Brand notices they let the "air out of his brand new tires" and he steals data's little sister's bike.

The street the Goonies ride their bikes down on their way to find the treasure.

They wave to Mr. Walsh who is working at the Flavel Museum.

Port of Astoria

I am posting this picture to remember our very own Sloth. Christian must have hit his head sometime because his forehead just kept swelling up right between his eyes. He looked pretty weird for sometime.

The kids loved watching and listening to the seal all over the dock.

We picked up a yummy pizza dinner and headed up the hill to see the Astoria Column.

Astoria Column was built in 1926 125ft patterned after Trajan's Column in Rome. Mural depicts the history of the area.

164 stairs to the top with an breathtaking 360 degree view

The huge Rv looks like a little spec from this high up

What amazing weather! The sun was shining and the views were awesome! So lucky

On our way back to our campsite we stopped for a bird show. This group has rescued and rehabilitated many birds. It was neat to learn a little about the many birds native to the Oregon Coast.

I love to end the day with watching the sunset. What a rare treat it was to see the sun all day!