Astoria Bike Ride

Today we drove into Astoria with the bikes in the back of the truck. We parked at the Maritime Museum and rode to both ends of the trail. We saw and heard some seals at one of the marinas and rode out to see them. There must have been 50 or so that had taken over some of the docks and boy were they LOUD! There are so many on one of the floating docks that it is underwater.

For lunch we stopped at the Wet Dog Cafe/Brewery. Karen had a Mango flavored beer while Dan had one called Beach Blond Ale. Both tasted very good with the food. Karen tried Clam Chowder for the first time in her life and didn't think is tasted all that good.

After the bike ride we drove up the hill to the tallest point in Astoria where they had built a tower called the Astoria Column. Karen climbed to the top of the tower while chicken Dan stayed down. The views from both places were just beautiful. The tower is decorated with pictures of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, indians, explorers, traders, etc.

All in all it was a very good day.