Let's start at the beginning of our journey today. We took the Amtrak from Bellingham to Kelso, Washington where we pedaled to Cathlamet, Washington. The end of our first day was at a marina along the Elochoman Slough which put us on the Washington side of the Columbia River.
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Yurt #12
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Our cycling partners (Paul and Alaine) on the ferry crossing the Columbia River 
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| Columbia River |
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Astoria is the northern most town on the Oregon coast and our destination on day 2 of our trip. If you are a Goonies fan, you know that the movie was filmed here. We did not search out the Goonies house, instead we enjoyed lunch at the Rogue Public House and then camped at Fort Stevens State Park where we had our first peak at the Pacific Ocean. Fort Stevens was the primary military defense installation in a three fort Harbor Defense System at the mouth of the Columbia River (Forts Canby and Columbia in Washington were the other two). The fort served for 84 years, beginning with the Civil War and closing at the end of World War II. The park was very nice and we took a stroll through the remains of the fort and over to the beach where we just about got blown to pieces from the ocean breezes!
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| I love the sign! |
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| A preview of the weather that would follow us most of the coast! |
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| Shipwreck along the beach |
That's all for now. I hope to do a few posts each week which will be a nice way of reliving our trip. But I do promise not to post all 500 of my pictures!
