Overnight Trip To Astoria Concluded

September 29 and 30, 1998

The business district of Astoria is along the Columbia River. A large maritime museum filled with interesting exhibits sits next to dockage for river cruise boats and Coast Guard vessels. Fresh fish are still unloaded from fishing boats at business docks. Some former wharves are just pilings in water.

The Columbia River Maritime Museum is large and contains more exhibits than can be examined on one day.

I promised myself that some day I'll return and spend all the time I want in there.

This large anchor is in front of the Maritime Museum.

Behind the anchor, part of the lightship Columbia can be seen. The ship is no longer in service.

This building which sits on a pier over the Columbia River looked like it was closed down.

The Meglar Astoria Bridge crosses the Columbia River near its mouth. This part of the bridge, by the Oregon side, spans the deepest part of the river. The entire bridge is four miles long.

This view is from the parking area for the Astoria Tower.

Astoria's bridge across the Columbia River

To return to Tacoma, we crossed the Meglar Astoria Bridge and drove east on Route 4 towards Longview, Washington. About half way to Longview we saw a sign pointing to a covered brige.

The Gray's River Covered Bridge is the last covered bridge in use in the state of Washington . The bridge is off Highway 4, and is forty miles west of Longview.

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