Recovery Day

.Spent the day in Astoria taking in the History of the oldest U.S. settlement West of the Miss. Toured the Columbia River Maritime Museum this morning. Lots of history regarding the shipping and fishing industry on the Columbia River System. As an added bonus, I toured the U.S. Coast Guard Tall Ship the Barque Eagle which was moored in Astoria this weekend. It was a WWII "war prize" that the U.S. acquired from Germany. The Germans built the ship in 1936. Today it is used as a training ship for the Coast Guard. The ship travels all over the world and happened to be in Astoria for the weekend. All men and women who attend the Coast Guard Academy sail at one time or another on the ship.

Tonight, at the suggestion of Dave Gunter, I attended the graduation ceremonies of Clatsop Community College. The reason for attending is to get a chance to see the restored Liberty Theatre. The Liberty is much like the Panida and is a grand old place. Thanks to Dave for the recommendation.

Much of original Astoria was built over the river for easy access to the water. The picture above is of old remaining pilings.

Had to replace the rear wheel of my bike today.

Off to the Oregon Coast tomorrow morning heading to Eugene before heading East to Idaho and Montana.