We got the water turned off and the house closed up for our winter trip. Able to leave Colfax and on the road again by 9:15. We spent the first night in Ainsworth State Park which is along the Columbia River not far from Multnomah Falls and about 35 miles east of Portland. It rained on us off and on through the day and heavy rain in the night.
Oct. 6
Today we drive to Seaside Oregon to spend 4 night. The campground is nice and surprising, lots of camping rigs. We exprore the town and find the area where all the shops are. Spent the afternoon checking out the shops. The street goes to the beach where there is a turn a round and a statue of Lewis and Clark. We also sat for awhile and watched the people on the beach flying kits etc. Had a great seafood dinner at Normas Seafood Restaurant. The weather cleared and the sun even came out. We had a good day.
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| Lewis and Clark |
Oct. 7
Rain in the night and still rain in the morning. Decided to go to Canon Beach which is just down the road about 10 miles. We had mist most of the day. Had fish and chips for lunch and walked around the shopping area of Canon Beach. We road along the beach to see the famous Haystack Rock. Too cold and rainy to even get out of the car. Not many people on the beach.
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| Haystack rock at Canon Beach |
Oct. 8
Today we head north to Astoria. Stop at Lewis and Clark National Historical Park. There is a reconstructed Fort Clatsop there. It is where the origional fort was located. The Corps of Discovery remained at Fort Clastsop from Dec. 7, 1805 until March 23, 1806 when they started their return trip. They didn't have a very good weather while there. Of the 106 days the explorers spent at the fort, it rained every day but 12. We watched a movie about their trip west and stopped at the museum in the visitors center. We walked down to the canoe landing where an old dougout canoe was in the trees.
Went into Astoria and looked around. Stopped at a grocery store and Costco before going back to Seaside. We wanted crab for dinner so stopped at a seafood market and bought two big crabs. Seafood is expensive along the coast so we have only bought these two crab. Have enought left over to have crab cakes for dinner tomorrow.
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| Sacagawea and Jean Baptiste |
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| Fort Clatsop |
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| Canoe Landing |
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| Dougout Canoe |
Oct. 9
It rained hard in the night but is just cloudy today. We went to visit the Salt Works here in Seaside. By the time the Corps of Discovery arrived at the Pacific Coast its supply of salt for preserving and flavoring food was nearly exhausted. To remedy this, three men set-up a salt making operation at the beach in present day Seaside. Salt was obtained by boiling sea water day and night in kettles placed on an oven built of stones and fueled by trees and wood debris along the shore. Soon it was producing three quarts of salt a day.
Tomorrow we leave and go down the coast to Newport area and will stay there for 4 nights.
Happy Travels, Barb
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| Salt Works |
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