Summer Gieseler Visit: Day 5

 

Saturday, July 31st, we went to the coast for a day out.

We climbed this tower - The Astoria Column.  It is 125 ft. high - 164 steps to climb to the top.

This bridge spans the Columbia River between the states of Oregon and Washington and is eight miles long.

The view from the top of the observatory deck is amazing.  The river, bridge and out to the Pacific Ocean.

You could buy gliders for a $1 and fly them off the deck.  We all took a turn flying a glider.  You can see Eric down at the bottom (barely) while we were at the top.

These buildings are so classic and beautiful!

Interesting fact we learned:  The fishing canneries used to be on these pilings.  They brought in land and that is where the current town of Astoria now sits.  Interesting!

Memorial of lives lost.

We rode on the trolley there in Astoria.  I enjoyed it so much!  It feels like being back in the olden days.  The trolley was really neat and I enjoyed hearing about the town.

Columbia River Maritime Museum.

These boats are always neat!

Interesting fact:  This building used to have three floors until a storm took it off!

Look close - it's a bald eagle!

A pelican.

Addie and Evan.

Autumn and Kylee.

Me and Eric.

Definitely take the Astoria Riverfront Trolley if you ever visit Astoria.  They do not charge but welcome donations.  All the workers are volunteers and all money goes to help keep the trolley running.

From Astoria, we went to Cannon Beach for the rest of the afternoon.

Flying kites.

Haystack Rock.

It was quite the windy, chilly and cloudy day on the coast.

The kids built sand castles.

We ate at Mo's Seafood for dinner.