Astoria, Oregon

 When we awoke Monday morning our ship was docked at Astoria, Oregon which is about 10 miles east of the Pacific Ocean.  The day started out cool and cloudy but was warm and sunny by afternoon.

The Columbia River is quite wide here and out in the middle we saw ocean-going ships anchored that were waiting for pilots to drive the boats up the river for cargo.

Here is a pilot boat going out to drop off a pilot to navigate one of the ships.

We took a walk around Astoria downtown to inspect a few stores and found an interesting antique shop.

Here are a trumpet and a clarinet both made into lamps.

And here is a blender (like we used to own) - but now also transformed into a lamp.

This store above was chocked full of musical instruments both new and old. 

A  major attraction is the Columbia River Maritime Museum.

The museum had great displays and we learned much about the area around Astoria which is the oldest city in North America west of the Rocky Mountains.  Tonight we move on east up the Columbia.

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