Ed took a week of vacation time which we mostly spent workng on the yard and house, but we did take a day and go see Ft. Clatsop near Astoria, Oregon. It's where Lewis & Clark spent the winter of 1805-06. They built a replica of the original fort (which no longer exists) using their journals and drawings and descriptions of the fort. During their stay it rained 106 days and there were only 12 days without rain and only six of those days were sunny. They didn't get much of a good first impression of the Oregon Coast, I'm afraid!
Fortunately for us when we visited it was a gorgeous day, and since school was back in session, we almost had the place all to ourselves! We watched a slide presentation on Lewis and Clark and looked around the museum. There's a short trail, and the kids had fun running on the path and looking at the squirrels.
We started the day off by having breakfast at an old logging camp called Camp 18. They serve enormous pancakes called Flatcars, which the kids devoured. The entire building is made out of huge logs, and Ryan couldn't get over that the main beam was one giant tree. The kids got to climb on old trains and logging equipment, which they loved. Then we visited the fort.
Lastly we spent some time in Astoria. We climbed the 164-step spiral staircase of the Astoria Column which commemorates the historical events of this area. I thought Ryan would freak out when he walked out on the top (he tends to be afraid of being up high), but he did great. The view was breathtaking, but Ryan was most excited that he could see our van in the parking lot!
2 comments:
Glad Ed was able to take off some much needed vacation time!!! Sounds like a fun outing!!!!
Yeah, it was nice to have him home! Too bad we worked our tails off most of the time though.
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