Yesterday was a cold dreary day, about 25 degree's cooler than the day before and misty so we stayed pretty close to the RV Park and did a few repairs and caught up on cleaning etc.
This morning we headed back north on US 101 to Astoria where we crossed the 3 1/2 mile long bridge across the Columbia River into Washington ending up at Cape Disappointment south of the town of
IlWaco, WA. This is the location of the Louis & Clark Interpretive center where Lewis & Clark ended their journey at the point that the Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean. After exploring the area the people of the expedition voted to go to the south side of the river for their winter encampment. This is the site of Fort
Clatsop that we visited on Mon. The reason they went across was that the weather was better, food was more plentiful and they also make the salt that they needed to preserve the meat supply, this was done here at what is now Seaside. Cape Disappointment Light House is also located here on the north side of the river. This is the oldest light house still in use on the coast. Also located a short distance around the cape to the north is the North Head light house that is no longer in use. I found it interesting that this light
house had two large light house keepers residences. Due to remote location
these families had large gardens and raised chickens etc. The daily duties were to carry buckets of oil to the light house to keep the lamps burning and to keep the mirrors clean and shined for maximum light. On the way back we stopped in Astoria and went through the historic
Flavel House built by a River bar captain for his family in 1886. He had other business interests in the area and had become the wealthiest man in Astoria by that time. The house was built at a cost of $37000, had electricity, indoor plumbing and flush toilets. There is a Sequoia tree still standing that was there at the time the house was built
Yesterday was a cold dreary day, about 25 degree's cooler than the day before and misty so we stayed pretty close to the RV Park and did a few repairs and caught up on cleaning etc.
This morning we headed back north on US 101 to Astoria where we crossed the 3 1/2 mile long bridge across the Columbia River into Washington ending up at Cape Disappointment south of the town of IlWaco, WA. This is the location of the Louis & Clark Interpretive center where Lewis & Clark ended their journey at the point that the Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean. After exploring the area the people of the expedition voted to go to the south side of the river for their winter encampment. This is the site of Fort Clatsop that we visited on Mon. The reason they went across was that the weather was better, food was more plentiful and they also make the salt that they needed to preserve the meat supply, this was done here at what is now Seaside. Cape Disappointment Light House is also located here on the north side of the river. This is the oldest light house still in use on the coast. Also located a short distance around the cape to the north is the North Head light house that is no longer in use. I found it interesting that this light house had two large light house keepers residences. Due to remote location these families had large gardens and raised chickens etc. The daily duties were to carry buckets of oil to the light house to keep the lamps burning and to keep the mirrors clean and shined for maximum light. On the way back we stopped in Astoria and went through the historic Flavel House built by a River bar captain for his family in 1886. He had other business interests in the area and had become the wealthiest man in Astoria by that time. The house was built at a cost of $37000, had electricity, indoor plumbing and flush toilets. There is a Sequoia tree still standing that was there at the time the house was built
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Kent and Nancy
These are beautiful pictures! So glad you are getting to see the country. Ilene
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