I think this picture sums up are weekend in AstoriaFirst thing: Play at the beach
Children were working on their cart wheels and I discovered I could still do a backhand spring.
What's great about going to the beach here: We drove out and parked on it and we could enjoy it in a sweater.
Astoria ColumnWe climbed up and flew balsa wood planes off the top. It was extremely windy on top.
Sel Lions on the pier.
Goonies House- Yes, M.G. did do the truffle shuffle
Peter Ireldale Ship wreck (whats left of it) It was a big ship that has been deteriorating on this beach for over a 100 years.
Here we are at the most northern tip of OR and at the mouth of the Columbia River. Lucky for us, it was a beautiful weekend.
Climbing the jetty.
Civil War Reenactment at Fort Stevens. These people and their wives and children had huge camps set up where they basically lived as if they were fighting in the civil war for the weekend. Tiger Lily was admiring all the dresses and now wants me to make her one. I was admiring the women cooking on the wood stoves and getting tips. 
Next, we toured the old Fort. This was built during the Civil War in case other nations, who were sympathetic to the south, tried to invade ports via the Columbia river. There were two other forts at the mouth to set up a tri-defense. The forts were decommissioned after WWII.
Here is a look from the command post looking out at the River.(This was a great history lesson for us- we had no idea forts were built during the civil War on the West Coast)
A few miles south of here, a japanese sub actually fired upon us (during WWII), but the batteries remained silenent, so as not to give away their position, and the sub left.Replication of the Lewis & Clark Fort
The children wanted to go back to the beach with the ship wreck to play. So while they played, we sat down and read.
View from our room
Trolley
Bridge and Cargo Ship.
Riding the Trolley
At the Maritime Museum
We were able to tour a Coast Gurd Ship. Here are the babies in the Captain's Chair. It was a really fun and educational weekend!
3 comments:
Fun to see you at the places we also enjoyed!
Woo Hoo! Someone actually reads our blog. MG just told me "maybe you should write a post that says "Hey Everyone, I'm leaving my husband" just to see if anyone still looks at this thing."
Of course we look at your blog. Once again you have made another beautiful child, the second pic of Monkey is so dang cute. I thought the picture of you doing your backhand spring was some hot young teenager. Four kids later and she still has it!!
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