Astoria Column

Saturday, July 14, Oregon Coast Scenic drive

Today was another cloudy overcast day. We're not sure if it is "marine layer", low clouds, fog, or a weather system but it certainly isn’t pretty. We started our day with a walk on the beach next to the hotel we stayed at last night in Long Beach, Washington. We actually got on the road …

Today we drove south for 7 hours (mostly in the fog) hugging the Washington and Oregon coasts. We made stops at the Astoria Column, a cheese factory and a lighthouse …

We crossed the long Astoria-Megler Bridge. We drove through Astoria city center (very much traffic). We went to the Astoria column. We walked up the Astoria column and took pictures. We continued driving down 101 and stopped at Seaside. ...

... woman there gave us a map that she highlighted different Goonies stops for us on. She also suggested that we go up to the Astoria Column for a nice view of the entire town and the ocean. We headed right up to the column from the visitor’s center ...

... support of New York philanthropist, Vincent Astor (great grandson of businessman John Jacob Astor, whose Pacific Fur Company settled Astoria), the column was erected in 1926 on Coxcomb Hill. On clear days, the column provides panoramic views of ...

... , the old jail the Fratellis broke out of....apparently they have a reunion (we went a year late). The town also has the "Astoria Column".  Just as its named, a column built on the tallest point in Astoria.  The fantastic panorama views are ...

... ;in the town. We bought a bus pass $7 which took us into downtown which gave us access to the trolley and a visit to Astoria Column which we didn't go to but is supposed to be amazing.  Because we bought the $7 bus passes we had a sticky ...

... on the Columbia River and watched some sea lions swimming about near the pier.   We drove up to Astoria Column, a huge concrete column depicting historical scenes about the discovery of the northwest in a spiral up its length. From Coxcomb Hill on ...

... the long plane journey. In the morning, we headed out and did the sights in Astoria including the house from The Goonies, the Astoria column (great sights of the mouth of the Columbia River) and the Flavel House.  All great touristy stuff, but I ...

... going to be our only camping adventure for the night...we decided to save the cooking stove for later. After a trip up to the Astoria Column, with amazing views of the Columbia River and Pacific Ocean, we ate huge burgers at the Wet Dog Cafe and Brewing ...