Yesterday (May 10) we were in Astoria, Oregon. It was my first time here and it was an
amazing little town right at the mouth of the Columbia River. The town’s economy was based for many years
around the fish cannery business and according to what I read at one point
there were over 40 canneries lined up side by side along the river’s edge. Many of them are gone, a few remain active
while others have been turned into restaurants, shops, art galleries and
museums.
If you’ve read some of my previous posts you know Beth and I
enjoy walking. What we discovered was
that Astoria is close to a perfect walking town. From the ship there was a “Riverwalk Path”
that stayed right along the river through downtown and continued on for several
miles beyond. When it was all over we
had ended up doing almost 11 miles! We
saw bald eagles resting in the tree tops and hundreds of sea lions catching a
few rays and doing what sea lions do really well which is bark at each other
and took in a beautiful sun filled day.
