Day 26 July 08 2010

We decided to go back into Washington one last time to cross the 4 mile bridge across the Columbia River. After crossing I remembered that the guide on the ship Columbia had talked about the lighthouse at Cape Disappointment, so we decided to go for it. Along the way we found the marker where Lewis and Clark ended their journey. It was a nice drive to the lighthouse and the added bonus was we could tour it. So we hiked a quarter mile to the lighthouse and climbed the 69 steps to the top and a volunteer was there to tell us some of the history. When back down at the bottom the volunteer was from, where else, you guessed it Texas. Actually it gets better he grew up in the same part of Dallas as George, while George lived with his Grandma and they probably crossed paths a lot from their discussion. He told us there were eagle nest over on the point so we hiked the quarter back up and then hiked a half mile round trip mile to try and find some of them but no luck. We did find remains of another fortress to protect us from the Japanese during world war II. Reading brochures afterwe left there we could have also seen black bear, that would not have been good. Ha Ha.


Wood carvings along the highway.
Welcome sign to Astoria OR.

Starting our trip across the 4 mile bridge to Washington.

First the tallest part of the bridge.

The descent down.

A small church.

The end of Lewis & Clark voyage. Information sign.

Then came a tunnel.

A building with a mural on the side.

A view point to see the blue pacific.

It attracts people to get their feet wet.

We are going to see a Light House.

But first we must take a 1/4 mile hike.

Along the hike to the Light House.

WOW what a beautiful sight.

Erected long before we were born in 1898.

The exact location.

A view from the Light House.

There were 69 stairs to climb to the top.

A look down the stairs.

A view from the top.

And from the other side.

And another.

The keeper took our picture inside the top of the Light House.

On the way to the gift shop.

Then we took another 1/4 mile hike each way to see some eagles that were nesting there.

We never saw the eagles, but we did find some old bunkers that were in the side of the mountain.

Interesting root system to these trees.

An old wooden water tower on this trail also.

More carvings on the highway back to camp.

The I started a fire, it was a bit chilly here.

Pat had to assist me from what she learned from her Dad on fire making. She did a good job also. We now have a flame.