tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22137246829028593332024-03-12T21:14:48.266-07:00Here and ThereTraveling here (aquí) and there (allá) and the places in between, sometimes in our Scamp but always with our scamp.Four Points Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784760816019923342noreply@blogger.comBlogger808125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213724682902859333.post-27616796503594184462020-10-15T21:41:00.003-07:002020-10-15T21:41:35.172-07:00Adiós, Blogger<p>And another one bites the dust.</p><p>This blog has officially ended.</p><p>My new blog is <a href="http://fourpointsbulletin.com">https://fourpointsbulletin.com</a>. </p><p>I like the new format, the way to upload pictures to the app directly from my phone, the options for sharing pictures, the interactive map, and I am sure things that I have not even discovered as WordPress is still new to me.</p><p>¡Adiós, Blogger! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw4fm1MnrUqAQzG4izozQW7G_JIkWZxRvfX5dTECyeQZAZMdb08h8Vc92f7yEDn6kwJHh_0VUf2Bz8Rfzs9rA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p>Four Points Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784760816019923342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213724682902859333.post-4710269281296211252020-08-28T19:22:00.002-07:002020-08-28T21:14:42.331-07:00The Scamp is Sold <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxcDHZ4zSTeuIC9WGxeyYrS5Vj-iP2g_7yZK0yuGwIKFJ387vAFcl7RZafT7tRc-K5Vqay7iqdikDGNRYD11_i6CRT-9GyzJCbr9z1K3rrVN7wcs6vYX-MDprKVyDjuvn_ERAo8NTtfJ6V/s2048/ABFA028C-3E51-4DDF-9F97-0F739B38BE14.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxcDHZ4zSTeuIC9WGxeyYrS5Vj-iP2g_7yZK0yuGwIKFJ387vAFcl7RZafT7tRc-K5Vqay7iqdikDGNRYD11_i6CRT-9GyzJCbr9z1K3rrVN7wcs6vYX-MDprKVyDjuvn_ERAo8NTtfJ6V/w410-h307/ABFA028C-3E51-4DDF-9F97-0F739B38BE14.jpeg" width="410" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is the end of an era, the Scamp is officially SOLD (to a super nice couple that we have a ton in common with).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jill and Scott actually drove 2.5 hours to San Juan Bautista to see the Scamp while we were heading back from our summer vacation. They loved it and that is all she wrote. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is one of the things we have in common, we love the Scamp and our word is good.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDh04T8tB-y3FGtmTfAnvGbx2wCl8y7cCMOBIc80EGrtwimT5cQrMvne4FujTFj2qd2HNCCi7coWjELQEUVKLP4fk5idEypknl4PUwie-dBV8KopaDu95vc8vqhfWoMnGcHuPMLdNdm-mu/s2048/CE764D30-022C-41C0-91EF-4EF2A6C999F4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDh04T8tB-y3FGtmTfAnvGbx2wCl8y7cCMOBIc80EGrtwimT5cQrMvne4FujTFj2qd2HNCCi7coWjELQEUVKLP4fk5idEypknl4PUwie-dBV8KopaDu95vc8vqhfWoMnGcHuPMLdNdm-mu/w307-h410/CE764D30-022C-41C0-91EF-4EF2A6C999F4.jpeg" width="307" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A1 has grown up in the Scamp! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When we first got it she had just learned to crawl. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmGQHpDOqc699SkU9w7NuQUOpFVmJJzVX0WIQ1ruy-QqF9aOXWq_AfWmS6nTBbENmst67B-qXWL0NJyk2Owg3su9oSftckz8H2ndPMt2jE4d9qJiAIqY1SW9iRXBMy6xhybarsY3xfCeiI/s1280/IMG_1878.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmGQHpDOqc699SkU9w7NuQUOpFVmJJzVX0WIQ1ruy-QqF9aOXWq_AfWmS6nTBbENmst67B-qXWL0NJyk2Owg3su9oSftckz8H2ndPMt2jE4d9qJiAIqY1SW9iRXBMy6xhybarsY3xfCeiI/w307-h410/IMG_1878.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is bittersweet. We will miss our Scamp adventures but at least we love the new owners so it makes it much easier.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Scott is 1.25 inches shorter than Eric, it is all the clearance Eric needed to make it functional for us.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu3CioylaHP4orPMgJ7daDiEOsqeqx-89Z5HY5YgtaPyk6PvjqHEfgZ3BIvFW1HZEEdKUXvNg8gDSsiJN2tCYYCWkmBDDdmeXbYGi3gx-SgzStgVhCRlvTSjpdUumsTl1RptNc_Rdc6xq4/s2048/657B117D-4388-4E58-825B-1147131B5545.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu3CioylaHP4orPMgJ7daDiEOsqeqx-89Z5HY5YgtaPyk6PvjqHEfgZ3BIvFW1HZEEdKUXvNg8gDSsiJN2tCYYCWkmBDDdmeXbYGi3gx-SgzStgVhCRlvTSjpdUumsTl1RptNc_Rdc6xq4/w410-h307/657B117D-4388-4E58-825B-1147131B5545.jpeg" width="410" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Scott used to teach high school science, as did I. They used to live on a Cleveland Street, as we do. Scott's middle name is Eric's brother’s name. Scott's sister's name is my middle name.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And both Scott and Jill went to high school with my mom, in the same graduating class, in two different cities. Scott went to Foothill High and Jill went to Fallbrook High.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My mom started at Fallbrook and then later moved to Foothill.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQIt5DBKwEMDoOBhYZB1NFyCKpp3S72qGQb2831UCR2Kp7BaaH3rBPLRrLLPGdYsGdtuNfZUhyraiG2xUZuO-UpGQK3NZ4ZIz2lNRhyGto8aJGqn-CHbelPeBaPC_llRj0u2JWhXa3PhPR/s2048/7A62B0BC-052C-4CC6-B68A-C97CADB87EB0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQIt5DBKwEMDoOBhYZB1NFyCKpp3S72qGQb2831UCR2Kp7BaaH3rBPLRrLLPGdYsGdtuNfZUhyraiG2xUZuO-UpGQK3NZ4ZIz2lNRhyGto8aJGqn-CHbelPeBaPC_llRj0u2JWhXa3PhPR/w307-h410/7A62B0BC-052C-4CC6-B68A-C97CADB87EB0.jpeg" width="307" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Show and tell!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Scott brought his yearbooks, and I had my mom's flag team outfit. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's a small world after all.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3CrOo2KG7fFH_oxbsGqE37jFqnQAYtttWMKyNhst_iv8YxvBkyBmBiJnU9ZM4P00EmchRn48ob40QWB8VembgYrpVJmV8AjbhItP5flYHqphzb23qjEzI8yzjtqHP8nYwPdhMZRfVFVMf/s2048/C4C7847B-0FAF-4B77-B54D-649E52F7C542.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3CrOo2KG7fFH_oxbsGqE37jFqnQAYtttWMKyNhst_iv8YxvBkyBmBiJnU9ZM4P00EmchRn48ob40QWB8VembgYrpVJmV8AjbhItP5flYHqphzb23qjEzI8yzjtqHP8nYwPdhMZRfVFVMf/w307-h410/C4C7847B-0FAF-4B77-B54D-649E52F7C542.jpeg" width="307" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">I guess I look more like my mom than I realize, when A1 saw this picture she pointed to it and said, “mama!”</div><p></p>Four Points Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784760816019923342noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213724682902859333.post-63211675710078987922020-08-11T21:06:00.008-07:002020-08-11T22:49:12.906-07:00The West (Day 38)- Santa Barbara to Oceanside<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs6mPRU1dfocN8tffJBaovhMXH8MxoOqt_hoyuoNkUCZOHww1kr_MVmX_tj8DN71GzXF4qAi1UeiCXpwWcoQ81e63OaoyrHWwE_aRiDGutKUoeTbhMIQfGqV6T5dEyNIJQgQCrN4yv8C6U/w410-h308/F3C3438C-2765-4174-B0F4-84E774CCC194.jpeg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A1 deserves an award for her willingness to put up with her vacationer parents. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I know she will appreciate it when she is older, but since she is just learning words now, it isn't easy to understand that we actually have her in mind while designing our trips.</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw2Yt01bPueOqaJhvPMr1LdPFxciHHJS8LysUhAkjoRuuNg8MiLZhizbuHYSkrPZ2XNg2lMjJagD6kMxyzB25BwTLdF2la6dtoPhIKU-TzRPSYT_A-fIG98uYCjtCPUTKQm7sDXwude3PA/w410-h274/IMG_4527+%25281024x683%2529+%25282%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Today is our last day on the road. We are headed to Oceanside with our Scamp, for the last time. </div><div style="text-align: center;">It is bittersweet. </div><div style="text-align: center;">(It is nice to be home but now I have to go back to work, AND we won’t have our Scamp for hotel free trips.)</div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwUjPbgIHgpdk03bgCcN39VCMRfluYgG2pR_LJ_1KVyd4tfLIm1fnMIQgHnYVeDXxZhGoLM8uG9Z-yJNwVSBmgRcO9ES10a34_wg-oNiRlVWWl8iaWjgri-fx636vsj56ca8cuujwhUZT3/s2048/D80B20FB-44CB-4F69-BF08-8C4AC5A43B0B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1106" data-original-width="2048" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwUjPbgIHgpdk03bgCcN39VCMRfluYgG2pR_LJ_1KVyd4tfLIm1fnMIQgHnYVeDXxZhGoLM8uG9Z-yJNwVSBmgRcO9ES10a34_wg-oNiRlVWWl8iaWjgri-fx636vsj56ca8cuujwhUZT3/w410-h222/D80B20FB-44CB-4F69-BF08-8C4AC5A43B0B.jpeg" width="410" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We followed the mission bells all the way to Oceanside.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mission accomplished.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHc4q5ywUPzmwBEY3icu8BUVzLbqVcRJBnze-nKpXQGMgkZZPDXrFrfz4QtofYjcr4615cJwRTZKvo9ga6P1ZVZ0bUuHAViQMTPDkEHvc3Wdun4DBISEZIRJQtD2IiVqBjhkFf_YMzOoNL/s1024/IMG_4529+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHc4q5ywUPzmwBEY3icu8BUVzLbqVcRJBnze-nKpXQGMgkZZPDXrFrfz4QtofYjcr4615cJwRTZKvo9ga6P1ZVZ0bUuHAViQMTPDkEHvc3Wdun4DBISEZIRJQtD2IiVqBjhkFf_YMzOoNL/w410-h274/IMG_4529+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="410" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH8i7hNhUF-kVZtTpnsGuDY-Yay36uBMR9OOURwiD6PEKnk7dZCIWq919njYsmZzPTF4iem5dd8s1V5uGYxVzqpUFXHgRac6edGKNdSqSNtHQ5IxHeBqdGk1DRaenOjzyDoKwD2snMfixJ/s2543/9918673B-B3ED-4633-BB3F-E0BB39C7CE4C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH8i7hNhUF-kVZtTpnsGuDY-Yay36uBMR9OOURwiD6PEKnk7dZCIWq919njYsmZzPTF4iem5dd8s1V5uGYxVzqpUFXHgRac6edGKNdSqSNtHQ5IxHeBqdGk1DRaenOjzyDoKwD2snMfixJ/w410-h199/9918673B-B3ED-4633-BB3F-E0BB39C7CE4C.jpeg" width="410" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We drove 4,826 miles on this road trip.</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioTmJ5-0RloZIUzj6UpYKK2qTlMo9YWFjjuawDxmDxarV6f6wpqTF3e76wQ1_ouIgerrh46h6lU9MXlwp5tURqfvr017DGbqyrJ9sr7_wFFW_lkbmTFXx6eZ0uRAHMbs98U_YuNOlyrga8/s1152/summer+2020+map.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="784" data-original-width="1152" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioTmJ5-0RloZIUzj6UpYKK2qTlMo9YWFjjuawDxmDxarV6f6wpqTF3e76wQ1_ouIgerrh46h6lU9MXlwp5tURqfvr017DGbqyrJ9sr7_wFFW_lkbmTFXx6eZ0uRAHMbs98U_YuNOlyrga8/w410-h279/summer+2020+map.png" width="410" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Between this year and last, A1 has visited fifteen states.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not bad for a one year old!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3-f7R8_cuOEaysWfR5xSnkC7-1xqE-fWhBuaEeYjnOIJ2QYYo3WTn3kxEY_f3MNF4arIME0lJvw_0Tf5o-I0byliUoDhzP4VxkPEuH_HadQ9HrW9-qRoJ5U33USzPBgY7zbNml4nZynZE/s640/IMG_8547.GIF" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3-f7R8_cuOEaysWfR5xSnkC7-1xqE-fWhBuaEeYjnOIJ2QYYo3WTn3kxEY_f3MNF4arIME0lJvw_0Tf5o-I0byliUoDhzP4VxkPEuH_HadQ9HrW9-qRoJ5U33USzPBgY7zbNml4nZynZE/w307-h410/IMG_8547.GIF" width="307" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This little darling has earned a much deserved camera break.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">❤</div><p></p>Four Points Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784760816019923342noreply@blogger.com4Oceanside, CA, USA33.1958696 -117.37948344.885637812444763 -152.53573071779098 61.50610138755524 -82.223236082209013tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213724682902859333.post-86112615902560672752020-08-10T22:28:00.005-07:002020-08-10T22:41:41.652-07:00The West (Day 37)- San Juan Bautista to Santa Barbara <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTxvUyAW7aay_NTu9Ijd6pFJ_CrmAjyfrAv-rGuex90ddAswYm6Emcei6LbInYvDDxijDxU07obPlcfPit3zFezWSewjhDG0m9bmtIZcL-6PfixNvzxdr216SCVtJQpWaa7RCez1OI3Eu2/s1024/IMG_4450+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTxvUyAW7aay_NTu9Ijd6pFJ_CrmAjyfrAv-rGuex90ddAswYm6Emcei6LbInYvDDxijDxU07obPlcfPit3zFezWSewjhDG0m9bmtIZcL-6PfixNvzxdr216SCVtJQpWaa7RCez1OI3Eu2/w410-h274/IMG_4450+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="410" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We are definitely getting closer to southern California, camping is getting less pretty and there are more people. We booked this site at Betabel not for the beauty but for the convenience and location. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> It did its job.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUuZbRrUR5N2iSUfg1Wl3QPk6X1kLEf1bzOu4ZBEWch3Q2Gqv-riQ5V29OsMWac52xFx4N8RCqpK1_VNGoKio55QigDClqtHOId8NJSb9tZMiVeSFfyM4G7Jn4CJ4rDdSvLU8S2zMvKFGA/s1024/IMG_4457+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUuZbRrUR5N2iSUfg1Wl3QPk6X1kLEf1bzOu4ZBEWch3Q2Gqv-riQ5V29OsMWac52xFx4N8RCqpK1_VNGoKio55QigDClqtHOId8NJSb9tZMiVeSFfyM4G7Jn4CJ4rDdSvLU8S2zMvKFGA/w410-h274/IMG_4457+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="410" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here we are, following the mission bells down El Camino Real.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are 380 bells along the highway, which marks the path that was founded by Father Junipero Serra, linking the 21 California missions.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSFzeyn57u_4CapkatCYvsbNrhkcXL2CrA5XZ6GJPuK1FJuCOC4U0WSM5lQmF5uui6nvURlKQkmMEqA4FbJ9HDpuz5LP2aja93ceqqmZHZzqJWCtDQDiImYHHb1WuRCe8EFdUFFriCyBMO/s2048/E4613895-D950-492A-B85C-00E8C96AA58C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSFzeyn57u_4CapkatCYvsbNrhkcXL2CrA5XZ6GJPuK1FJuCOC4U0WSM5lQmF5uui6nvURlKQkmMEqA4FbJ9HDpuz5LP2aja93ceqqmZHZzqJWCtDQDiImYHHb1WuRCe8EFdUFFriCyBMO/w307-h410/E4613895-D950-492A-B85C-00E8C96AA58C.jpeg" width="307" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had to do a quick baby reset at Ecola State Beach, before reaching our final destination in Santa Barbara. The beach is always a great reset, for everyone.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPhzrbVz5W0T0A_S9Qns7F-keLlvIs-rR9-FcE2TZQNZmzYC4Ln86eiKwjhLmElSjmt3AIkM1W4AKmK1V8q_zG67rcFihdk5BL34o8i3Hy65kiouZMTdBpNnEKVltVxlRX-Z3JczF2lDSJ/s2048/6D95D5AD-5D59-4791-A7AA-89F3AF738E44.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPhzrbVz5W0T0A_S9Qns7F-keLlvIs-rR9-FcE2TZQNZmzYC4Ln86eiKwjhLmElSjmt3AIkM1W4AKmK1V8q_zG67rcFihdk5BL34o8i3Hy65kiouZMTdBpNnEKVltVxlRX-Z3JczF2lDSJ/w410-h307/6D95D5AD-5D59-4791-A7AA-89F3AF738E44.jpeg" width="410" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLpQLy1KSwv-EBFFqtWgg0h11TgtBgHG-yhr2v4JZGTmEYU1G1n4bxeBnUA3ZpoTglRYw_mBmaGdKTmMVPUv_0rvonp2DjQFQnDuL9YlbWv36GUYL7umyn1JKi5lvqyxbOfSu3m3Ropgtu/s2048/96F61BE6-298A-4107-9018-96B8FDD3AA30.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1539" data-original-width="2048" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLpQLy1KSwv-EBFFqtWgg0h11TgtBgHG-yhr2v4JZGTmEYU1G1n4bxeBnUA3ZpoTglRYw_mBmaGdKTmMVPUv_0rvonp2DjQFQnDuL9YlbWv36GUYL7umyn1JKi5lvqyxbOfSu3m3Ropgtu/w410-h308/96F61BE6-298A-4107-9018-96B8FDD3AA30.jpeg" width="410" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">45 minutes out of the car allowed us to continue for 30 minutes in the car.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheabnFwo7Y_wZRJb8GIXoNs-NYkFPQ2xEMp3sGHS3cohOpNmrYCc1xtvhAnDRDl60M0KX6N7ydqhgRMD2Ur_PcjOyBTeRxb0wGu7hpDN8b3zHGddyG5w7APljQxah1CqcWPasvWQLQEbxT/s2048/E6DE6B08-247A-43D4-9364-E8B9350BCAB9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1539" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheabnFwo7Y_wZRJb8GIXoNs-NYkFPQ2xEMp3sGHS3cohOpNmrYCc1xtvhAnDRDl60M0KX6N7ydqhgRMD2Ur_PcjOyBTeRxb0wGu7hpDN8b3zHGddyG5w7APljQxah1CqcWPasvWQLQEbxT/w308-h410/E6DE6B08-247A-43D4-9364-E8B9350BCAB9.jpeg" width="308" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our campsite at Sunrise RV park is even more so just getting the job done than Betabel was. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So we get settled and then picked up dinner and dessert and drove three miles away to the Santa Barbara Mission. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We were already following the mission bells, we may as well see some more missions!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirPUbpx1W0dm7vZH2QPxBeyPtX6alkd21NL-ixqjiuf5yUiMG1So0HsRHpYqYJyLFbxbfoE6xWL3ZZSjlFdNUAutNKwTVOv7cvW_8nnCWqN-3eeKyYoT8Iqxsy9pOf3FPEQ28V5eYSQQvJ/s2048/1CAEDC79-E7A4-43D9-88C5-D2C987C72E6B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirPUbpx1W0dm7vZH2QPxBeyPtX6alkd21NL-ixqjiuf5yUiMG1So0HsRHpYqYJyLFbxbfoE6xWL3ZZSjlFdNUAutNKwTVOv7cvW_8nnCWqN-3eeKyYoT8Iqxsy9pOf3FPEQ28V5eYSQQvJ/w307-h410/1CAEDC79-E7A4-43D9-88C5-D2C987C72E6B.jpeg" width="307" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Each mission was strategically built so it wasn't more than a day's horseback ride away from the mission before.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvq9DilqiogsKL705ggBYgCbOeLZr2TqOYc-6Jc-RCViYXN9L_T5G4arSEUkI54ldchuUIk2zmSvHV92NpmKshO84jhyphenhyphenCOGB2DvP3T4hSSvNX0ByMsgA9AgsF6SlykvYJ8VaPtc_Tukbvb/s1024/IMG_4460+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvq9DilqiogsKL705ggBYgCbOeLZr2TqOYc-6Jc-RCViYXN9L_T5G4arSEUkI54ldchuUIk2zmSvHV92NpmKshO84jhyphenhyphenCOGB2DvP3T4hSSvNX0ByMsgA9AgsF6SlykvYJ8VaPtc_Tukbvb/w410-h274/IMG_4460+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="410" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Santa Barbara was built in 1786, it was the tenth mission built in California.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoYc4sW7LeniBIuNP1z3Ey6CfXuA-Q_5Ke5YkfuZ-Xm-jDM1RkPIeZPF0aSSdTCM3M668OEWXUWGFekMH8_uTR2obnF7gbU6SaRD-agZCamv9T8fgDGgrNCAkFfuzy4_2ZdrLGRs2-LrII/s1024/IMG_4469+%2528683x1024%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="683" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoYc4sW7LeniBIuNP1z3Ey6CfXuA-Q_5Ke5YkfuZ-Xm-jDM1RkPIeZPF0aSSdTCM3M668OEWXUWGFekMH8_uTR2obnF7gbU6SaRD-agZCamv9T8fgDGgrNCAkFfuzy4_2ZdrLGRs2-LrII/w274-h410/IMG_4469+%2528683x1024%2529.jpg" width="274" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is known as the most beautiful mission, as well as for its twin bell towers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg30kYaiMIYNJ5EX7jAI_sPngTmGBd8r2SwcKlwSSQQlt1px_p_g8w0QGHyM9HkycMFSpHtziITKwuZZO-nTKWwOfhhVfK3oDL47TC5LwtfoC9JbGlP2LOB6fziaY8CK5VqyB-eAz1e794q/s2048/86AE3574-C0CD-4E9A-9D64-00FDE9AA1407.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Little fishies are so interesting. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4lkvizmGisZpyqD8DxJzOwDIqp9V2to1KtFLcPEYmw2797r9KqukhCBHIbryjFrxE3COXoAkyjRJCktVEMVj1zroL9ocjQWcTEUzoLUhFombKXc3M0J0CGeMY_Vblw6tu1SrrNYLGdLtR/s2048/08867778-1B9D-4200-80C8-6910F106A27C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4lkvizmGisZpyqD8DxJzOwDIqp9V2to1KtFLcPEYmw2797r9KqukhCBHIbryjFrxE3COXoAkyjRJCktVEMVj1zroL9ocjQWcTEUzoLUhFombKXc3M0J0CGeMY_Vblw6tu1SrrNYLGdLtR/w307-h410/08867778-1B9D-4200-80C8-6910F106A27C.jpeg" width="307" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6G2dY3GijQB3UY3JtwAP7c4VIu-bPo3wC5xYF3jcUUFvq7ogDoMKjhR_8wHEP3KxGre-0seXNqgS5QuN4M4UvjATqT9hrWMRQ6bp6W5uTaKwYcep7NTBQGr0r2eQUPwFAobLUl_U08Zjp/s1024/IMG_4490+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6G2dY3GijQB3UY3JtwAP7c4VIu-bPo3wC5xYF3jcUUFvq7ogDoMKjhR_8wHEP3KxGre-0seXNqgS5QuN4M4UvjATqT9hrWMRQ6bp6W5uTaKwYcep7NTBQGr0r2eQUPwFAobLUl_U08Zjp/w410-h274/IMG_4490+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="410" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Beauty is found everywhere.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Zzj3zBcP3_ZEDVbsKQMc7_gUv5GRJK3sjjltAsn-5ErmVno6W2v6QmuUjnjUkL-NmLf-1uS-amccEf5NHLnboXZcuUYOuMveBGq92xF4a4zEMmlT3Tsvwrflj-1E2kUUwvvx4D91c-HD/s1024/IMG_4510+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Zzj3zBcP3_ZEDVbsKQMc7_gUv5GRJK3sjjltAsn-5ErmVno6W2v6QmuUjnjUkL-NmLf-1uS-amccEf5NHLnboXZcuUYOuMveBGq92xF4a4zEMmlT3Tsvwrflj-1E2kUUwvvx4D91c-HD/w410-h274/IMG_4510+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="410" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just like San Juan Bautista Mission, Santa Barbara was not on our itinerary, but it was the perfect place to spend our last full day as we travel down El Camino Real. </div><p></p>Four Points Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784760816019923342noreply@blogger.com52201 Laguna St, Santa Barbara, CA 93105, USA34.438329 -119.7140596.1280972124447644 -154.870306317791 62.748560787555242 -84.557811682209021tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213724682902859333.post-22809322845882863172020-08-09T13:14:00.000-07:002020-08-10T13:37:00.772-07:00The West (Day 36)- Cloverdale to San Juan Bautista<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkYcWjvpOXU6knI7MhAaExuvlT6zU5BqgTUD97GD1FMt4f9OJzW1yqCzjn98t3sbjPG0621y26yXqzrmhg0vYtwSVRlJPrGAOJty_XhqPnXC1ET7d5C-Lyfrh5prwer7DG8YTtOwvL46ny/s2048/7E6C0AF8-AE2E-48F8-9E9A-FFA3F9EEFB32.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkYcWjvpOXU6knI7MhAaExuvlT6zU5BqgTUD97GD1FMt4f9OJzW1yqCzjn98t3sbjPG0621y26yXqzrmhg0vYtwSVRlJPrGAOJty_XhqPnXC1ET7d5C-Lyfrh5prwer7DG8YTtOwvL46ny/w328-h246/7E6C0AF8-AE2E-48F8-9E9A-FFA3F9EEFB32.jpeg" width="328" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We just have two more campsites after this! Two more days until we are home.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwta63yCa3GoOawuJ0Xnw4UVOuwzD0D9fxpNB4zEO1HNZNHmLdsNj-H6-RAyDxQ5U57ukdRt2dtxLhy0h1zl5rSFWbuqCryLnG9rpltemMyE2ymdAhU6-WRSDi5fNUQ65ahe6mzQqexMsQ/s1024/IMG_4376+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwta63yCa3GoOawuJ0Xnw4UVOuwzD0D9fxpNB4zEO1HNZNHmLdsNj-H6-RAyDxQ5U57ukdRt2dtxLhy0h1zl5rSFWbuqCryLnG9rpltemMyE2ymdAhU6-WRSDi5fNUQ65ahe6mzQqexMsQ/w410-h274/IMG_4376+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="410" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We decided to continue taking the 101 south, so we could drive over the Golden Gate Bridge.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">This shouldn't be a surprise to anyone who has been to San Francisco, it was rather foggy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhREMrY8BVECR4OjJMOPpWty9Yihi4GhIfxOJROTGMB_UkK2ETsRURyiBR43GYwWV0VgQU3v66sVBDu0A0t633x3pVvldFhyNvGA9m_c761DK-BB1QNOrG-C4YuLhR9EEQQ3kmzGj1ma0-D/s2048/A3B7278E-5D04-4ABE-B62F-FF999447B645.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhREMrY8BVECR4OjJMOPpWty9Yihi4GhIfxOJROTGMB_UkK2ETsRURyiBR43GYwWV0VgQU3v66sVBDu0A0t633x3pVvldFhyNvGA9m_c761DK-BB1QNOrG-C4YuLhR9EEQQ3kmzGj1ma0-D/w410-h307/A3B7278E-5D04-4ABE-B62F-FF999447B645.jpeg" width="410" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our campground tonight is just outside San Juan Bautista.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(If you zoom in really, really close you can see a train of horses underneath the sign.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyyCq_447g7EncCojgxBtXKJcPOojfzPmrU0kjaXZN8MS-AtQtvfQTW9yeSjWAjXI_scw-hYgewbuThKkNwwQsUiRdZiwyiKIIggWieC18VK5ma1MctCRzyV77-Q8EsR8zj_vVJzRNaTaF/s2048/86587E3E-EE5E-4A9B-B3E8-8FF150AF38D2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyyCq_447g7EncCojgxBtXKJcPOojfzPmrU0kjaXZN8MS-AtQtvfQTW9yeSjWAjXI_scw-hYgewbuThKkNwwQsUiRdZiwyiKIIggWieC18VK5ma1MctCRzyV77-Q8EsR8zj_vVJzRNaTaF/w410-h307/86587E3E-EE5E-4A9B-B3E8-8FF150AF38D2.jpeg" width="410" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Spanish and Mexican explorers arrived in the San Juan Valley in the 1700s.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This adobe building was built in 1799.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are 128 adobe buildings in town, including the San Juan Bautista Mission.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxrHokUJnaaAZvr2tbXVtQjtdtXoLqDM26VFshJP4dfZdlmGTL2XiIKw0BWRvB498UNt7PGRxG3xJLU9-GV6ro8N7LnBTNkvJSBVc2ZhKK64seIBR2k3mnCDrzleKubZJSbCZHei_TzH8O/s2048/42C9FF9A-6474-472F-9881-A2B699EF7EC0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1539" data-original-width="2048" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxrHokUJnaaAZvr2tbXVtQjtdtXoLqDM26VFshJP4dfZdlmGTL2XiIKw0BWRvB498UNt7PGRxG3xJLU9-GV6ro8N7LnBTNkvJSBVc2ZhKK64seIBR2k3mnCDrzleKubZJSbCZHei_TzH8O/w410-h308/42C9FF9A-6474-472F-9881-A2B699EF7EC0.jpeg" width="410" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">I guess San Juan Bautista was a pretty quiet town, because this jail was made for one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Or maybe it was made for someone in town everyone knew was a problem.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKboL8sqvwZ3e1IcE3SvpE1t5WZSRFCXDeLQglar8Cp668dpmWK04dUf67xSoj3TdPEU3aDT0QNCUkTEg-C06gUdUQv7RYKF6-766m8plIb-SflyuhcBVZJ37s3emk45_i-aKdoGAa9MVh/s2781/F87ABD50-8B4A-4901-9828-A9325BC7D5F7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1131" data-original-width="2781" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKboL8sqvwZ3e1IcE3SvpE1t5WZSRFCXDeLQglar8Cp668dpmWK04dUf67xSoj3TdPEU3aDT0QNCUkTEg-C06gUdUQv7RYKF6-766m8plIb-SflyuhcBVZJ37s3emk45_i-aKdoGAa9MVh/w410-h166/F87ABD50-8B4A-4901-9828-A9325BC7D5F7.jpeg" width="410" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigkN4H5EgkrnFYadd5ywlU6rADyodDzYkVq01jgDshpgFM4ly8VmxeNHV3WcQhGNWIjpnZRCJJmJRKsDUNwIeO-_j7Bf4ntvDpFqsky0hco4Czop1wlwTU9WDuGqrkKajuZ-ikQExUGxgl/w410-h307/0B66536D-A463-4DE8-A44F-9AD2B071ECC1.jpeg" width="410" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The mission sits in a central plaza surrounded by pretty wooden buildings. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3U62OwKiTeGrY4u73b2M9frl-DT0Oez0brYhP0h0chwOw71JM-12aIGXOZtSNlQ3poikE3Scl0s6r4UchAHM6lsHXef1Ez8rz0u5tPSE4n9NohyphenhyphenOkvBhJqlfjoQTqncr0OwOC8edMiZA3/s2048/29022D96-804B-4BD1-B68C-0BAB8A959DE4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3U62OwKiTeGrY4u73b2M9frl-DT0Oez0brYhP0h0chwOw71JM-12aIGXOZtSNlQ3poikE3Scl0s6r4UchAHM6lsHXef1Ez8rz0u5tPSE4n9NohyphenhyphenOkvBhJqlfjoQTqncr0OwOC8edMiZA3/w307-h410/29022D96-804B-4BD1-B68C-0BAB8A959DE4.jpeg" width="307" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1549" data-original-width="2048" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOc7JGm4CaCqsfsJt2tXVQmCFKF_r0I1fmmTSbgdOgwkFmfCvtEMDDS8DHLm330BgbnejPR8KtK2jX2TmErq4hmuD1PpwjOUvUZp7ogqEJcsdpf3ANnX_mC6AH44IMlriAHge0gaZjTIN8/w410-h310/1BBEA9F1-E58F-425A-9AC1-E87C81581091.jpeg" width="410" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a new mission for all of us, and it wasn't even our mission to see missions.</div><p></p>Four Points Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784760816019923342noreply@blogger.com2San Juan Bautista, CA 95045, USA36.8455108 -121.53799748.53527901244476 -156.69424471779098 65.155742587555238 -86.38175008220901tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213724682902859333.post-77966761352117854732020-08-08T13:15:00.003-07:002020-08-10T21:31:41.914-07:00The West (Day 35)- Trinidad to Cloverdale <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0EjZhaFZ6YIhfGdCaIBPEfV84ZgNBJ7VslD9QVamzseuf25Bbu5GhRvzGpRtOFFHf8B8xUi8XKOY2VnmJGybs5TbI0OkCK_HlBBZg5Mc6QmhdEjxjjmwJp3HTAtKZpbadLTXGMmTZYI0V/s1024/IMG_4305+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0EjZhaFZ6YIhfGdCaIBPEfV84ZgNBJ7VslD9QVamzseuf25Bbu5GhRvzGpRtOFFHf8B8xUi8XKOY2VnmJGybs5TbI0OkCK_HlBBZg5Mc6QmhdEjxjjmwJp3HTAtKZpbadLTXGMmTZYI0V/w410-h274/IMG_4305+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="410" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is hard to say goodbye to the Redwoods, but since we aren't staying, I suppose it is appropriate.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If it isn't obvious, my seat is still the back seat. It makes A1 happy, so it makes us all happy.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCvPihNcU2oe70C9ves-JrWQJlzDL9qoSzrKDrtTg8V1pXztsKWKRzH4uYfAfC5kmTKGLG2ed75f5DARRUydJmpfD1t1RpR4Jm4TtytJTnYBKxZ484Ut5T713iPtw0FkeVNO8ROM30QFrc/s1024/IMG_4309+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCvPihNcU2oe70C9ves-JrWQJlzDL9qoSzrKDrtTg8V1pXztsKWKRzH4uYfAfC5kmTKGLG2ed75f5DARRUydJmpfD1t1RpR4Jm4TtytJTnYBKxZ484Ut5T713iPtw0FkeVNO8ROM30QFrc/w410-h274/IMG_4309+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="410" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Harold Richardson Redwoods Reserve is especially mesmerizing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">With the help of the Save the Redwoods League, and lots of determined people, this section of the redwoods will now be protected land. It was privately owned (and privately protected) until recently, but this section was very purposefully sold to the Save the Redwoods League (to pass the torch to continue preserving it), so that a larger highway can't be built and ancient redwood trees won't be torn down in the process. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO5-HnPeQgpxfugnkJFP5YUmxawbJkAeHEW-uvz5nY5wDyDlXsA38IL7WHVgB7EZMRO49kKkgWfUD4Ng288UYy_czPF1bSSFc-NvB6Y20mnm16PEDyYpghTv0o-bMdw8XnH8e6N2xucVmb/s1024/jacksphoto-1024x666.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO5-HnPeQgpxfugnkJFP5YUmxawbJkAeHEW-uvz5nY5wDyDlXsA38IL7WHVgB7EZMRO49kKkgWfUD4Ng288UYy_czPF1bSSFc-NvB6Y20mnm16PEDyYpghTv0o-bMdw8XnH8e6N2xucVmb/w410-h266/jacksphoto-1024x666.jpg" width="410" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cheers to hard work and dedication, and to protecting our naked land.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWJG_DUTX2QPDSEdlLT5Cv2ckNh2JhYz0MTNag1PePgWCujmQMrwnVUnNPO1YeUhOY_XroR5ovlagXuHqljWsC9l2nTLX7JJk8oUQaPpmkuZyZmLsTziSpvo1EpXh-q9_a5nsa05BallsP/s1024/IMG_4324+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWJG_DUTX2QPDSEdlLT5Cv2ckNh2JhYz0MTNag1PePgWCujmQMrwnVUnNPO1YeUhOY_XroR5ovlagXuHqljWsC9l2nTLX7JJk8oUQaPpmkuZyZmLsTziSpvo1EpXh-q9_a5nsa05BallsP/w410-h274/IMG_4324+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="410" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We are staying in Cloverdale tonight, at Thousand Trails RV Park, within walking distance to the Russian River.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiKtGdl2nHkn1u3Jh3qvg52lyNpbuaDHcbiPQZAyaNQv8zSTdC34sSaXN2izqFfJ0C8OzwoN-g0RMlfnT88HCYuqQ8oS_sOHbxiqowwqGPK8NOeBZCHCU11gtABCAhz_4pPNTj_tmr40E9/w410-h307/1F2E63FD-D96F-4C80-BE9D-80212AE1A5F6.jpeg" width="410" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The water temperate and the air temperature was ideal.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUOW15umsckqnIHRReMyYD74M2GdEzIuvTlPeiMG84_yiYaoTrlP_D6mNFPx_AwBhXwukY63xC4_ZMU6k2luZXb7jYhVv5LHRrI86cU3dy0CtDsxNxX1m6Yiv53JdIRhUfkk38zLhZfWqT/w307-h410/29AD0274-36AE-480F-890F-0A4F3DAE53DA.jpeg" width="307" />\</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is River Day Part Two, so A1 has doubled her confidence.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkwDWTY6QPROwUJVqzbRjjLvKcvCZbmFiH7sltOUPcgZtionKXApSgdSGdenunLssGM_gFgpSg7unGyzRFYDn5_vAlbrOLu92Robc8KazcJvzuZzLncDrM3MnJQ3HTbX8MtiR4AaDc65Sp/s2048/64D2D3F3-7A4A-4D20-B4E8-3E8BC8085667.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkwDWTY6QPROwUJVqzbRjjLvKcvCZbmFiH7sltOUPcgZtionKXApSgdSGdenunLssGM_gFgpSg7unGyzRFYDn5_vAlbrOLu92Robc8KazcJvzuZzLncDrM3MnJQ3HTbX8MtiR4AaDc65Sp/w410-h307/64D2D3F3-7A4A-4D20-B4E8-3E8BC8085667.jpeg" width="410" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyGNqzMj9E7gvKlaaSCvNUcAdOAbB4hk4xJ183VDAGAygl4IInM-reCXy1BxhSJcjry8r-wJlpEup9wImTByKk_JWwWCmlHMy-3_jVVUTlBeBEAMQeBRYVuiJjrk3LxR2f5zNiDSMRDaRN/w307-h410/AED35E35-7A1F-4ECB-914D-12F9DC68F2C9.jpeg" width="307" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: center;">She was upset every time we stopped her exploration and took her back upstream for another float.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: center;">She just wanted to keep going.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: center;">I think Lewis and Clark have had quite an impact on her malleable mind.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1LXt61zDQXUFGtQa6eu1iZRM0iVNaQ-qCvQAiMwxxvOgYcBwRVO9VydSV48HScUK17JFzvd_6DyiOZoMTh4x_N6xcM6m0d29xkk3WSswdCcWcQ8SHOeE-lKbyVQTfAmUomqNwEC73U-89/w410-h307/E3A77CE0-5B6A-49D8-AE81-F91095F4C405.jpeg" width="410" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I really wish we had rivers closer to us, rivers that aren't packed with people. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I would love for this to be a regular thing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxh6_tgGf8KYLteXMMoMLRD331VWJGDqMVFK6TPobI_nE-6Tdj2f5Du7_54UW0UJtvl1vbhHa44LkZoQMn9zZOphEosRz6rz8Sk6SghXar4Rj81IYduLN1blD5iQUQLrQWCBP66U1yVh-G/s640/IMG_8443.GIF" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="640" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxh6_tgGf8KYLteXMMoMLRD331VWJGDqMVFK6TPobI_nE-6Tdj2f5Du7_54UW0UJtvl1vbhHa44LkZoQMn9zZOphEosRz6rz8Sk6SghXar4Rj81IYduLN1blD5iQUQLrQWCBP66U1yVh-G/w410-h308/IMG_8443.GIF" width="410" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">For the most part, it has felt pretty normal traveling since we have spent so much time in the great outdoors. I am very grateful for that.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p>Four Points Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784760816019923342noreply@blogger.com4Cloverdale, CA 95425, USA38.8054624 -123.017222710.495230612444765 -158.17347001779098 67.115694187555249 -87.86097538220902tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213724682902859333.post-80922922562565181182020-08-07T21:36:00.001-07:002020-08-08T22:07:36.432-07:00The West (Day 34)- Mad River <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="450" height="443" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhofSR8JxuBTqEYjraozAr2w4mXe-4aVir_XbmNG6foQ47AaKo8dITUfNZKbr6yroRfQL0IxRNwn-nNju27Akul4aE8TW4u4IZTMLJmg6l_SUOFIE0bj5igoCzMxJ6JQxI9muq0LXWOTfnD/w360-h443/450px-Mad_river_map.png" width="360" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We knew we wanted to go to the water and let the kids be kids today (which means less rules and more exploring).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Since there is no shortage of rivers in Northern California, we just had to pick one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We decided on Mad River since it is close by and has a sandy beach.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mad River is a 113 mile long river. It got its name in 1849, when Dr. Josiah Gregg, a settler, lost his temper when his exploration party didn't wait for him at the mouth of the river.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ha. Men, and their tantrums that are so unforgettable that they are placed on maps. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLzgSaytq3JTxtrShVVd6o27hIPkiJQvMiPEBKxLWui6bYA2jbCGFqf194K3DWDi_pBdP8H9I6idtHDGlmP0CAqrgznfrzsnBz9JZ7u6iI-n0UNosJ5bD-sa9bAaF9HkQjMoL2F4JMSBoT/w384-h288/135C9BD3-CED2-4FF3-B1AC-303F9A9A9B7A.jpeg" width="384" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Cheers.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRPVJhncnCmhByG17HquYDgRPE2O2SPg1Prp4G_GSKFLPm-bjt7MlanRPiRmb-h6wAmVdXtxXrWDFV1YmLvwm-PpHvwBhgvqxVVzwPWpWUXmBytGfpTQCPZJxPYx1WlrLsZ2E7sY8Z9H1_/w410-h307/160206ED-3989-4F5C-B63B-4F37B232B76A.jpeg" width="410" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmge2FU4EpPmeZdNUOqBlqL9Su1sDivUiFbBGOcqfSYxGVePEiepnLRr6Bxnl7zphf7Y-Ojg2Rb9QEbdt4yiydWBDZqzbpWciIViYG00KmfGJ3iKAM_89itfvMlKbLeJVE4qx-jR3l4-7g/s2205/C1D3A40E-5318-436D-BBF0-5922B24452EC.jpeg" style="display: inline; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="2205" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmge2FU4EpPmeZdNUOqBlqL9Su1sDivUiFbBGOcqfSYxGVePEiepnLRr6Bxnl7zphf7Y-Ojg2Rb9QEbdt4yiydWBDZqzbpWciIViYG00KmfGJ3iKAM_89itfvMlKbLeJVE4qx-jR3l4-7g/w410-h199/C1D3A40E-5318-436D-BBF0-5922B24452EC.jpeg" width="410" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Although it would have been fun to spend more time at Gold Beach we are making our way down south, and need to make sure we have time to see family in Humboldt. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="1024" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Dt5tim6KQ_ANmweJSbufO92XPHQ0cmPihqBIHCVRxbn1-K2nEbst_AWahsVRhwRKNIcyzGsUAtvslfbiyq1-qK_DJPB955H4ahRrYjosI8oajseMIeNIP89EfA8gukZCLS7oJU4FFNYQ/w410-h258/IMG_3967+%25281024x645%2529.jpg" width="410" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gold Beach is just south of the Rogue River. It gets its name from the gold that miners found in the sand at the mouth of the river in 1853.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Rogue River Bridge was built in 1932, and is not only Historic Civil Engineering Landmark (who knew that was a thing?) but has also been placed on the National Registrar of Historic Places. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC2_JCfpZdfH10YVs8RJGAqu8t1ZrsHn9nN-6sUoJoAgshq4Nu8Hon9QkWQ3AQwPq0WcO8UDdLVgISge8f52i6roWOLFu_XA5UEEoXtPGObrwxMh12X8e0IPrwWxjvAjKUm2jRsoEDaIML/s2543/466B973C-C708-4586-9150-91EC640094A3.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1237" data-original-width="2543" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC2_JCfpZdfH10YVs8RJGAqu8t1ZrsHn9nN-6sUoJoAgshq4Nu8Hon9QkWQ3AQwPq0WcO8UDdLVgISge8f52i6roWOLFu_XA5UEEoXtPGObrwxMh12X8e0IPrwWxjvAjKUm2jRsoEDaIML/w410-h199/466B973C-C708-4586-9150-91EC640094A3.jpeg" width="410" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC2_JCfpZdfH10YVs8RJGAqu8t1ZrsHn9nN-6sUoJoAgshq4Nu8Hon9QkWQ3AQwPq0WcO8UDdLVgISge8f52i6roWOLFu_XA5UEEoXtPGObrwxMh12X8e0IPrwWxjvAjKUm2jRsoEDaIML/s2543/466B973C-C708-4586-9150-91EC640094A3.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="2303" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXb1GRkjLGlPs6L8wMaHBatpiXmOsQCXJ0wzdPS1_tkxIlNvbjFZypPsGeMdmPgQK6peRafdGKnIrsR8G2N9L_ajUyVuEc7_Ye4v1u_EvNHRe9434VLJEyQYWWYtryCK6I_IzpqkS8K6gN/w410-h199/A4B7315A-18EC-4671-9CB9-3640003D7B89.jpeg" width="410" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDaubhAV5RhIYZVYhSbDisPa2oZLFyx-igj6k-GKOEATUQfeUt9d8WS8EWfap8kUqVt6Db8bGULyo3dVSnXmojdEJdLHYhuh9Fwy79106GAJ3oNW8qBSmDtRWXhOH89lvwszoAi5tYkhF9/w410-h307/BB723D83-FD9E-4EB0-A9EB-CE624808A7FF.jpeg" width="410" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;">We are continuing our trek down south on the 101, enjoying the beautiful vistas as we go.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_6oGPZh4OZNWBB0mtN7nb1fxAHUoG6McEj2tBktP0AODIWg5uDHrxzNENnT_ZjjtH44Y9itsjYf57mFayQwaw6fZRFmrnD7JoYAuXRgb_e9KCJF-ZuJzDdyChNJBNA_bvpPdmzkNNoHO0/w410-h274/IMG_3969+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="410" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You just have to love isolated Oregon fog pockets.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyGBwdJMELefZckUkWLTeLo363HV5RZJRkNN7Wk0TPyZdhsOqMm7VeB652O3m9z38NnWaWB1pBSyDhMgYU4sp187oN2HPDPW3UdsuEBZ-8cyW4Ktb2eb6Hl6xI7kDdmQFohWrVroBQifgb/w410-h199/0C11D106-2BF2-43A3-8796-5AE7E9EBD15E.jpeg" width="410" /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The exact half way point between Gold Beach and Trinidad is Crescent City.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The last time we were here we really enjoyed the tide pools but the timing today wasn't right. The tide was too high, not only for tide pools but also for a visit to Battery Point Lighthouse (also listed on the National Registrar of Historic Places).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="1024" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYNoAUwbtZTetxA10oyQ7TcNtUidG0578oy4NIQWpO_LyEW-ynmBAkijzL9YQGzuz805RyNt9O502An8kZSZ2MCQlFmNunReAMm6WKYrvOBTsUvXttvagSSh0dnfv6oKfuT5tBdp5g5I_A/w410-h293/IMG_4027+%25281024x732%2529.jpg" width="410" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We will have to enjoy it from afar.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="731" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXPqEj9aj3FxC5iYYjw3wvT1XpQEhJVyG-da-Y_vo9JwWeOVLlJa2YRplXewjSli05MWA6w9I88tJbhg6mqv27jZBMll-aOYABeCPWHF8GCQ-f1XgPyoZQ9peDBxmsKKJpl9w3qut8mlLF/w293-h410/IMG_4111+%2528731x1024%2529.jpg" width="293" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We will be calling The Emerald Forest in Trinidad home for the next two nights as we spend long overdue time with family. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-uA9s2H1Ck4E4YKWpnJnn1-BPyeUSvTD5dbqAEn-NoIs0fuiM7ad1uHyy5quDPk2cORROOI8uEpNsg2YMGftiH3mGYGFciQJTFbms18kOdqhSdEkv9M92PHIQsnd3tjEsux4xo4MbXSRx/w307-h410/455490A8-196B-482C-A10E-89C27A0667DB.jpeg" width="307" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3kTyGBtL2OXuMkznKb2FxoApGEp7rmxy0qfzlfsqXUT6Pbac5btwSfw-QiV5m00XfRkglYWCTyceVuYA334YqDhN-7hnvsc5TmA27z7SVjYr1jYjzfHkD0h3uQdtUKpmucKBbHdLk28ka/w307-h410/5311B6D6-0522-47FC-A6F4-67508657CCFB.jpeg" width="307" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Let the family reunion/ cousin love fest begin!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div style="display: inline; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIjTMr9nn9vipUZDEsroSwIzLk658hKf-p3Gw-V_ACxkxRu966qRjKHgoq2YAwqIQHBnZvX_VAVW8xgL1TErgyhwZdTt6kLxlm1JAHFhGnvRAlhG8qAZsLgom3ZoEmEqSWro7poD03Clpl/s628/13E61B9A-4EFE-4E0A-8D6A-49155897032E.jpeg" style="display: inline; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="397" data-original-width="628" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIjTMr9nn9vipUZDEsroSwIzLk658hKf-p3Gw-V_ACxkxRu966qRjKHgoq2YAwqIQHBnZvX_VAVW8xgL1TErgyhwZdTt6kLxlm1JAHFhGnvRAlhG8qAZsLgom3ZoEmEqSWro7poD03Clpl/w402-h254/13E61B9A-4EFE-4E0A-8D6A-49155897032E.jpeg" width="402" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="1024" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs3VF_Apv9255VZaEzBXlnifRZnnA516QE8NtbZLnbkW1QaezZFygi8yVxkM6U-yccGsj0uD-pfXQlL2nmrGec1WYFItHrkpfQ1h6Srg6aCFjSNAneGR4TtMEZg_ystxAY7l6SQcOohx4D/w410-h292/IMG_4141+%25281024x730%2529.jpg" width="410" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">💕💕</div></div></div><p></p>Four Points Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784760816019923342noreply@blogger.com1Trinidad, CA 95570, USA41.059290999999988 -124.143124612.749059212444749 -159.29937191779098 69.369522787555226 -88.986877282209008tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213724682902859333.post-40831164609769506362020-08-05T11:39:00.003-07:002020-08-08T16:08:49.341-07:00The West (Day 32)- Waldport, OR to Gold Beach, OR<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYQhGS0O6V8CYG5WdzMshPx6tQkso6FbCfn0ARFO6Wi9hPlb9q6HEnCVse8PqsDEma9y0EtWXBTFdAgoYi1Pl1Ggtmgn8rZftFlPpsarOLD1XoWt6qo7h3bHG_dhbK2TWAGJsqzDLMuWBM/w410-h307/63C757C9-834B-4FD9-8EAE-390D55022D38.jpeg" width="410" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;">Driving on the 101 sure is a lot of fun. We don't get the opportunity very often to be next to the beach and a forest simultaneously. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYQhGS0O6V8CYG5WdzMshPx6tQkso6FbCfn0ARFO6Wi9hPlb9q6HEnCVse8PqsDEma9y0EtWXBTFdAgoYi1Pl1Ggtmgn8rZftFlPpsarOLD1XoWt6qo7h3bHG_dhbK2TWAGJsqzDLMuWBM/s2048/63C757C9-834B-4FD9-8EAE-390D55022D38.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"></a><div style="display: inline; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1TZeubzvumfjexduUGbJ1zGWZ3pIezG6GU_-yqMFGxlXxIDceBd_JNVlSdcF7LLSRdJZ37w8HEP0sucvdUrq86kcf0Y-8ko5p4aYIC_ZJqyOzGcdIRdMEoeOHijzP_clm3E_cMQmKI6Vj/s2048/684516BB-E61A-4F96-9B86-D39B3E862C55.jpeg" style="display: inline; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1TZeubzvumfjexduUGbJ1zGWZ3pIezG6GU_-yqMFGxlXxIDceBd_JNVlSdcF7LLSRdJZ37w8HEP0sucvdUrq86kcf0Y-8ko5p4aYIC_ZJqyOzGcdIRdMEoeOHijzP_clm3E_cMQmKI6Vj/w410-h307/684516BB-E61A-4F96-9B86-D39B3E862C55.jpeg" width="410" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1TZeubzvumfjexduUGbJ1zGWZ3pIezG6GU_-yqMFGxlXxIDceBd_JNVlSdcF7LLSRdJZ37w8HEP0sucvdUrq86kcf0Y-8ko5p4aYIC_ZJqyOzGcdIRdMEoeOHijzP_clm3E_cMQmKI6Vj/s2048/684516BB-E61A-4F96-9B86-D39B3E862C55.jpeg" style="display: inline; padding: 1em 0px;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHiN-SDzf5O5zZT4CyLalnOJnPbzMvSJSm5tTNdQ5_2oYsBJvgRl51rTbNaoKWTAt94_uBcvkHK60lrIJrnPBdQcjoINIz8JyE1ygiup3_bAG6eBV1iE1sk6PHZOiMcSKOvxdKWEnGHylv/s1024/IMG_3778+%25281024x732%2529.jpg" style="display: inline; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="1024" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHiN-SDzf5O5zZT4CyLalnOJnPbzMvSJSm5tTNdQ5_2oYsBJvgRl51rTbNaoKWTAt94_uBcvkHK60lrIJrnPBdQcjoINIz8JyE1ygiup3_bAG6eBV1iE1sk6PHZOiMcSKOvxdKWEnGHylv/w410-h293/IMG_3778+%25281024x732%2529.jpg" width="410" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I will miss all of the interesting bridges too.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="display: inline; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="1024" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj4s0djPciZf1UWvAw8lZENk0bM_lHdpnpD_mdJZpRc_84NFv7gVIyI2axbJePOdVhO9vRSD-ghWHLXVVxoi4brqdfaEzOXVLto8VPbCEF_uYQvDqCWGJos9OlicFXYrnN6i-2t-hnO7_V/w410-h293/IMG_3809+%25281024x732%2529.jpg" width="410" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tonight we are staying at Honey by the Sea in Gold Beach.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We would totally stay here again. We walked to the beach from our campsite. </div><div style="text-align: center;">A beach with hardly anyone on it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I guess that is the nice thing about it being so cold (in comparison to San Diego standards), there are much less people. Plus we learned our lesson, we no longer bring bathing suits/ have high hopes of getting into the water.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="display: inline; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtfmDl_DzYliSMnIsrdxnXJT6D4LxD0181qI_txkzxU-QzJzt-Va8-xV9-DPbvLI4biwHCC6rXaZzBiUjCyBe8KuQvS7iM0iAK_VdGH5YlCeA4m-yq19FJ69L2m-v5NQ7pLNIGZt9voT_2/s2048/C8FF555F-F37D-429A-AE8C-31296C1D39BC.jpeg" style="display: inline; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1539" data-original-width="2048" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtfmDl_DzYliSMnIsrdxnXJT6D4LxD0181qI_txkzxU-QzJzt-Va8-xV9-DPbvLI4biwHCC6rXaZzBiUjCyBe8KuQvS7iM0iAK_VdGH5YlCeA4m-yq19FJ69L2m-v5NQ7pLNIGZt9voT_2/w410-h308/C8FF555F-F37D-429A-AE8C-31296C1D39BC.jpeg" width="410" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A1 CANNOT wait!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtfmDl_DzYliSMnIsrdxnXJT6D4LxD0181qI_txkzxU-QzJzt-Va8-xV9-DPbvLI4biwHCC6rXaZzBiUjCyBe8KuQvS7iM0iAK_VdGH5YlCeA4m-yq19FJ69L2m-v5NQ7pLNIGZt9voT_2/s2048/C8FF555F-F37D-429A-AE8C-31296C1D39BC.jpeg" style="display: inline; 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text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9n1XwAmAbG67DH_TMpdYZcGDLY2i4ZmOSUqBY0y51G3K5oil6FqUAI-AFUSjADsor1RyUc-KKGzxqsJpAJBF3i0IcYmmszzyXk6wgqRR2VPRRqXcjTIz2PjJK84ZP4_NmaQQ9p376mZF/w410-h274/IMG_3950+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="410" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh what a twisted web Mother Nature weaves.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ZA9L7Zg0Hu77g5uV38x9tPC1ApbS2JnI3kr_2BdU24y2g53O-k5UVVCu3bubztcnpucgWZyZ1CYn-dk17Xf5Ob0z6OPQptw0YtP9iQdj_uo8W1q8p3cWGDDYsNoargcUVFfo9gykFgm3/s1024/IMG_3954+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" style="display: inline; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ZA9L7Zg0Hu77g5uV38x9tPC1ApbS2JnI3kr_2BdU24y2g53O-k5UVVCu3bubztcnpucgWZyZ1CYn-dk17Xf5Ob0z6OPQptw0YtP9iQdj_uo8W1q8p3cWGDDYsNoargcUVFfo9gykFgm3/w410-h274/IMG_3954+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="410" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This pretty much sums up our time at the beach today.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was awesome. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-e_6MNREzAn7glzjAPs1FQ900uno4_Q2u3BdHRHQ49B-25o-SJAz2_EEZLMiQ6V0eUMtztvm79tUL8HZM_ALsopputmwqLPwFogidlU0Cij2WGJ0vz6gcriCGOA8wGtYJx-KBH46tYcJH/w307-h410/3A3537F1-A3A8-4896-B107-1A600C2D7A48.jpeg" width="307" /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Although A1 was looking for anything and everything she could get her hands or eyes on, we had our sights set on agates. Unfortunately we didn't find any, but we had fun looking (and I still came back with a pocket full of rocks). Somethings never change, I almost got ran over by a car in Mexico as a child while crossing the road with a pan full of rocks. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Rest assured, today had no element of danger.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1237" data-original-width="2544" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdtXwdR5wKG3ueM5AmksWtkx9J-AYsHYSVj_KNvPttHErtw2jhkdkL7n114pcgBvbcM8kSJRrvVPPI8VrGYt5H5MGOlpQi1GqzO9QdZpnVop5CF8nXO760zVjlYdEdkvYW04wcZYZaf04C/w410-h199/1F45F02F-769D-48D9-B65E-DBB59C9144B3.jpeg" width="410" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So not roughing it, we are having thai for dinner.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdtXwdR5wKG3ueM5AmksWtkx9J-AYsHYSVj_KNvPttHErtw2jhkdkL7n114pcgBvbcM8kSJRrvVPPI8VrGYt5H5MGOlpQi1GqzO9QdZpnVop5CF8nXO760zVjlYdEdkvYW04wcZYZaf04C/s2544/1F45F02F-769D-48D9-B65E-DBB59C9144B3.jpeg" style="display: block; 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padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></a></div></div>Four Points Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784760816019923342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213724682902859333.post-65396485695651863852020-08-04T21:57:00.004-07:002020-08-07T15:46:08.358-07:00The West (Day 31)- Astoria to Waldport, OR<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmagjTZGHOY6pP-TtGzEu_zN3zbuvjjaav9uMHjEAlQlU_m5KIUnaDWyrlGY8ZYcAHUL6K42Y46I5xIZAPcZz1n8S21G6MYR1mgL2AqTsq8gwvw7-YR0LeIz2Kw726JyKYKIr-olhc5U4N/w410-h274/IMG_3671+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="410" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today is our last day at our VRBO in (outside of) Astoria.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ7g9CA4eeDbB43hqLWT8ZIWY3bi5dZxHR8_TR8V3N-thi7K1U5MW4zdWzyZNXRP3MbSN6qunl-ZqRJh3G_EC1yH-qJj6HB4LUETEP3y_kXLRlsuIcTJlVZ6uHoJ5k6wb0DePej_vKKT2U/w307-h410/051252F3-7EF9-49CF-87CD-F33C37B207AC.jpeg" width="307" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We just had the feeling it was time to leave.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><div style="display: inline; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3w-XCXVz6MQjSFh0Rri3ldtbh0S6RUsTesDHzcmiwXF8ooxsFCAGNUMo7_iqSanca8BsDYnGhk9YTbh4JGdIUFWCWOcTF5maLpgFiQQh3e9ZHa_kbYzTP7UULxbEImseM8OBoARSqYq1J/s1024/IMG_3270+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" style="display: inline; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3w-XCXVz6MQjSFh0Rri3ldtbh0S6RUsTesDHzcmiwXF8ooxsFCAGNUMo7_iqSanca8BsDYnGhk9YTbh4JGdIUFWCWOcTF5maLpgFiQQh3e9ZHa_kbYzTP7UULxbEImseM8OBoARSqYq1J/w410-h274/IMG_3270+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="410" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQgTO00tIL52oT7id0QRHhMLQizu4hos0hzmdrS5yjlAhjirNALoIXUye1Mq-OLtIgV5pDeciavLPuCP71LOkNCP2Y22xC7l2klQ9x6KtL2cUXOdRdiRD6aRPLJqvj-MuudBm-pCNGQM_O/w307-h410/13F96DE8-93AC-481C-BB8A-D9D9340E97E8.jpeg" width="307" /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Feeding the horses and hoping that the deer didn't eat all of the berries was a highlight of the rental, for sure.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4_NSy52K8M56II3-8bnIuwqP5PgaMfSkEFijRR3ug-WyxxO2fYNEBnEGT7VelZf4CyoFxrzwbsjKA80MimQCRMzmSUjF6hPhwDEZP8uiI8DT6qc4w1eStHdVXN-Hdn9gSHNo4K1DJbAYd/s1024/IMG_3267+%25281024x732%2529.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="1024" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4_NSy52K8M56II3-8bnIuwqP5PgaMfSkEFijRR3ug-WyxxO2fYNEBnEGT7VelZf4CyoFxrzwbsjKA80MimQCRMzmSUjF6hPhwDEZP8uiI8DT6qc4w1eStHdVXN-Hdn9gSHNo4K1DJbAYd/w410-h293/IMG_3267+%25281024x732%2529.jpg" width="410" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0_zgzc74sC0HV8zsBJ6Pds61AQzs_GNunjrXvTELCJgfyWPB6fSVp_omQkkfxaPLS_RTobj1joRcCFLkeImunIgwo1ctKhyphenhyphen7uuNIzpOPLmhmyvv9g-sGM6VfJgyW3TrQlnMP2HUIfwGpu/s2048/2EBC7163-1176-4C70-8EC5-B15E6E71FDC4.jpeg" style="display: block; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0_zgzc74sC0HV8zsBJ6Pds61AQzs_GNunjrXvTELCJgfyWPB6fSVp_omQkkfxaPLS_RTobj1joRcCFLkeImunIgwo1ctKhyphenhyphen7uuNIzpOPLmhmyvv9g-sGM6VfJgyW3TrQlnMP2HUIfwGpu/w410-h308/2EBC7163-1176-4C70-8EC5-B15E6E71FDC4.jpeg" width="410" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyGruoiXkPyNMVnGBnw8rLVul4-oq1DO8ENCX7MoedTBnadykydphAI5g29WamfORYNKmQwOohs7AiZ5LT4eg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;">I want a blueberry bush so bad now. A1 and I want to do the So Berry Good Dance every day.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4_NSy52K8M56II3-8bnIuwqP5PgaMfSkEFijRR3ug-WyxxO2fYNEBnEGT7VelZf4CyoFxrzwbsjKA80MimQCRMzmSUjF6hPhwDEZP8uiI8DT6qc4w1eStHdVXN-Hdn9gSHNo4K1DJbAYd/s1024/IMG_3267+%25281024x732%2529.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgT-eTihX9aNYf6ul6G8_njAxQ8SSYsixDSCp72t-1R4Es4nLMCEMMCDODq6mJfF20P71wV55GXNZGift5NWVR3RQYm_StZwdpHlsrPnH9_yEc35cYWA92HDDVGLAG3DmvzRIdFaMW5hoe/s2048/116C4715-9976-499F-91E7-632FCF7DE261.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1539" data-original-width="2048" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgT-eTihX9aNYf6ul6G8_njAxQ8SSYsixDSCp72t-1R4Es4nLMCEMMCDODq6mJfF20P71wV55GXNZGift5NWVR3RQYm_StZwdpHlsrPnH9_yEc35cYWA92HDDVGLAG3DmvzRIdFaMW5hoe/w410-h308/116C4715-9976-499F-91E7-632FCF7DE261.jpeg" width="410" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITY4qoTVP_H9bkdMJYbrkO75q-ki8uXL3n1i27EdmCnodwaV-1x8Xy9-sjY3y_pzMNGb0-9vEnYJmvxuPbNnp5T1oCrvUhLT4lby5NP5J8cDGI4UH5RS-Qq9K68pU4R0loRVbpeRo7lqI/s2048/16F95B95-D4BF-4B6D-A125-7DEE813DDE14.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITY4qoTVP_H9bkdMJYbrkO75q-ki8uXL3n1i27EdmCnodwaV-1x8Xy9-sjY3y_pzMNGb0-9vEnYJmvxuPbNnp5T1oCrvUhLT4lby5NP5J8cDGI4UH5RS-Qq9K68pU4R0loRVbpeRo7lqI/w307-h410/16F95B95-D4BF-4B6D-A125-7DEE813DDE14.jpeg" width="307" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="985" data-original-width="501" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrASi0MfInjhRrPH32Ir99eP2c2keHu5cZbeT34DdU1tpbe_fnI35rcGVajy1Eoaog9qhWiJa4Q6u7YKn9dzLPPZYIbMuODy-PxIiib6IAeeA94f3kGye214v-excfcmQrbFi_jblzNrEX/s640/101.png" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;">We decided on the scenic route and are taking the extra long 101 (aka El Camino Royal) all the way to San Diego.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="display: inline; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqz9hXKoJufdFfZ36IO2LTojTqca1QzOLigiDqX-cIwXv7ACYO2NWIDZphKB6FOOGlX1sFXP05X7hZt-A5jt84X4Y1WXC5sEiTlKN1_G4NscvaCrV5k4fRgnlXOQKgdb8geZ3GGtpqx9l7/s2048/5A1691ED-B105-43F5-861E-329AB55FD198.jpeg" style="display: inline; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqz9hXKoJufdFfZ36IO2LTojTqca1QzOLigiDqX-cIwXv7ACYO2NWIDZphKB6FOOGlX1sFXP05X7hZt-A5jt84X4Y1WXC5sEiTlKN1_G4NscvaCrV5k4fRgnlXOQKgdb8geZ3GGtpqx9l7/w307-h410/5A1691ED-B105-43F5-861E-329AB55FD198.jpeg" width="307" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">There is more to look at as you hug the coast most of the way, and we will spend less to hours in the car since each day since we are taking more days to get home. </div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMXdQ1jq1qVIcHQU1NIYCxPwfRY1zYYjxlexV1LBkCczsUIdBTCzOOYhP8rGVxgq6dDp0uDAU8RxT4xYrRLyHU99qwJY8YUrafs2AAzSbai1PJZ4IywhuMt_ee4n5AoA6d4mixI5LHVXp1/w410-h274/IMG_3699+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="410" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;">We needed a break in Tillamook and instead of the obvious Tillamook Cheese Factory choice (which we love), we went with the lesser known, but very in your face, Tillamook Air Museum.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2544" data-original-width="1236" height="641" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB_CEnp_-GHRVBKahuqNVKjZS4hKYif94DWWdN2Qdhgu6CGItK-No5COVZRwC8UIrh34W1iPnkEsVjkBk3YoecLQZI5Xf0WEMrpE0crDLNG_U-CqRacY1RX6_tKCc8IFN0njXWXmberlsr/w311-h641/A2474669-9618-42EF-96AE-A043C66A5EC5.jpeg" width="311" /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;">After seeing that the entire museum was indoors (albeit enormous doors) we opted for a run through corn and a cemetery.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="638" data-original-width="1024" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbPBvsc84-tNeMN3xmhB03xp2WIavEVVWs_QVrDRWdBR4stXEkiKtDDaD8m433Z9OoAQ0tsk-f_K7WyFlvKVi7_wsHn83TwIEAt8bowEmfSfHSQ6gMo7I5Kyb_63k-HUVPG3uvsRYeVvA_/w410-h255/IMG_3723+%25281024x638%2529.jpg" width="410" /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The oldest cemetery here is from 1913.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjJpKjnR5gK7AOiMXf8_uuL1zYHbXQFCcV1HOj_Hgd2rVMr6mVo14osa43QE9yW1oORn80EVohyphenhyphenugOhulpq5UqPZ-ZNdNzyIZ9TBa1AwCwUj5l10-AbgzgpBBRCrDoGCJiSjMDDU31vM-o/w410-h274/IMG_3708+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="410" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I guess his parents, and grandparents, thought Lewis and Clark were the best.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim6ybHNVGmESXkqW7G78LS7WYRlLaUWUyV40YjmlF_L6bNVuSeAXo976JGy0ffzPBpNMrTqsw_O9bc7fX5i9sgovjjYHCbRgrlhtL5d2Qw7-E1X44J2T2FTO7Z3RzXLXmNA6ZIOZQ2KJ1v/s1024/IMG_3713+%25281024x732%2529.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="1024" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim6ybHNVGmESXkqW7G78LS7WYRlLaUWUyV40YjmlF_L6bNVuSeAXo976JGy0ffzPBpNMrTqsw_O9bc7fX5i9sgovjjYHCbRgrlhtL5d2Qw7-E1X44J2T2FTO7Z3RzXLXmNA6ZIOZQ2KJ1v/w410-h293/IMG_3713+%25281024x732%2529.jpg" width="410" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsePKQIp6KZF-qvZcGFn3paWueQ3hUpD2xFB-9wDvIKnrl6a_KOSt_vc9U1mvHsvBVxqU14igBkc10FIqbBBxALWU2_cal0xihDIULKjvspTRFBfqEqS-eU7I7-zA3LkZRsOCWJUaDTYTm/s1024/IMG_3719+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsePKQIp6KZF-qvZcGFn3paWueQ3hUpD2xFB-9wDvIKnrl6a_KOSt_vc9U1mvHsvBVxqU14igBkc10FIqbBBxALWU2_cal0xihDIULKjvspTRFBfqEqS-eU7I7-zA3LkZRsOCWJUaDTYTm/w410-h274/IMG_3719+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="410" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz6hsqQhB-OZLZIre3u5VAyi6Op9XV1g-kiUnu5DYYyYiiVZbTIX5a5iBFCsyPvIeI1QB7GO3nWL887QkE671kp-kFFtA5TZRUmN3B8hyMvUD2L3uf6Pd6cYeOgyQ1iYFI55sQjkE_2EYQ/w410-h274/IMG_3728+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="410" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mmmm, cemetery berries.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="732" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWm_93m3O-O4xDJCgLttdPUQx6a6iQepPs06uor8ZatXt7EPdrGl2h6DESCOExbAjuifPMsXFd-ptDld4aBMrkTzK-O-717vOoVg5j9t5xPqGxKiSqsusuuMQCiA5I8_RwILkM5grNWZQ0/w293-h410/IMG_3732+%2528732x1024%2529.jpg" width="293" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These are some fine modes of transportation right here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am sad we are selling our Scamp after this trip, but it just isn't the travel trailer for us. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We need something a little bigger, not carrier plane big, but bigger. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just a little taller and a little longer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="652" data-original-width="1024" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9jWiHqUlSjd8rxdolToKIVGdTlutpoY9McM4KT4au3tg4dHSsJaFf_cV0uBtGGR8Bhkg4x3eoZrltnyYN2RdUeCkCg_k_HBbz-3PI4HMafTsdEANGb_FygiuG3PP2zbDFEKd0RL1WK8jP/w410-h261/IMG_3746+%25281024x652%2529.jpg" width="410" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;">Our stop for the evening, one third of the way to Humboldt, is Waldport.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sorry, Scamp, I hope your next owners are good to you and take you lots of places! </div><div style="text-align: center;">But I guess you will cross that bridge when you come to it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1370" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_0Epx4OLTo5Y6Pck-wZFSNe9xaWBvuv0a93hLh5KutR3lHTd5mRoDIYnE7qN8nLrg4JCTzWnyd3dD_JCLIDVEI1RiFlT8IEbt4k4BARfiJAP8I2nMu2xutNO5nX36sia1IexJ7zInS4nH/w274-h410/678DB45D-5621-4010-9FB0-7A256193638B.jpeg" width="274" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But we will cross THIS bridge tomorrow as we continue our 101 tour south.</div>Four Points Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784760816019923342noreply@blogger.com1Astoria, OR 97103, USA46.1878841 -123.831253417.877652312444759 -158.98750071779097 74.49811588755523 -88.675006082209009tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213724682902859333.post-55095388941886338262020-08-03T16:38:00.001-07:002020-08-03T16:38:58.349-07:00The West (Day 30)- Astoria Riverwalk <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilnhbLRXsqAOkbfB0wKxVklKnKZNdecaV8fV-7EiucBUa_XOJlmT3uTa2H3vVsFDQ274gLY0ewcJqaS6jewWGGsmGe4hKLPr45lDx_Iz2zgahQnyb-X66KbESuk7c4RqfAMTvZe4tMyNyF/s1024/IMG_3498+%25281024x731%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="1024" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilnhbLRXsqAOkbfB0wKxVklKnKZNdecaV8fV-7EiucBUa_XOJlmT3uTa2H3vVsFDQ274gLY0ewcJqaS6jewWGGsmGe4hKLPr45lDx_Iz2zgahQnyb-X66KbESuk7c4RqfAMTvZe4tMyNyF/w410-h293/IMG_3498+%25281024x731%2529.jpg" width="410" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All of the history in and around Astoria has made it the best place to "stay put" for a few weeks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo9cNj0UzJ124DuXrr1XwqtSTuBLWl3of_t_A4xdJar3Pb2dJbXvkhkTJqOHDzBO7uVDC7Jyo96AFQK9QXYb-PF8xYrGpIGwhoFUGnzpoaMWuxs_Shq_0fuB9fzVFW7h4UHevn8SRk6p4U/s1024/IMG_3485+%25281024x732%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="1024" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo9cNj0UzJ124DuXrr1XwqtSTuBLWl3of_t_A4xdJar3Pb2dJbXvkhkTJqOHDzBO7uVDC7Jyo96AFQK9QXYb-PF8xYrGpIGwhoFUGnzpoaMWuxs_Shq_0fuB9fzVFW7h4UHevn8SRk6p4U/w410-h293/IMG_3485+%25281024x732%2529.jpg" width="410" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When the original custom house was built in 1849 there was only 200 people living along the shoreline. When a ship appeared on the horizon everyone came out to greet it, not just for business reasons, but ships brought news and mail and the latest songs and fashion. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Boats were their internet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The original 1849 custom house was destroyed by a fire just three years after it was built. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This reconstruction was built in the 90s, based on photographs and documents. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looks legit to me! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzvUupVoTjK6-MsarsJkKMq-VOGfI-uRklh7s3Xu62mqhZ46Nk9VSs4TB3cE1QLvo_p-47zVyWC9GT2GdmsnVU9S-4to2LRQ9xw7F2nTf5xcKgMMSN7gFmvn-QQ-2VUKQzpv7SYN81Yv3r/s1024/IMG_3554+%2528732x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Mmmm, rail berries.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXwcL-kYTD8ExWSKrQJG8SGSZGCHoL_PqLyBduuHigJqO4XKOCYf1sDFVUiQ-bD3Z12nXc16WqELaUyYOMVG4PhFU4kkIdlSKsBwGFWlcI_YskNW64pshkZOBu7h0Ea_008gJdAbtliVCc/s1024/IMG_3593+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXwcL-kYTD8ExWSKrQJG8SGSZGCHoL_PqLyBduuHigJqO4XKOCYf1sDFVUiQ-bD3Z12nXc16WqELaUyYOMVG4PhFU4kkIdlSKsBwGFWlcI_YskNW64pshkZOBu7h0Ea_008gJdAbtliVCc/w410-h274/IMG_3593+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="410" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If I lived in Oregon blackberries would be in everything I made. Blackberry chili, blackberry ice cream, blackberry toothpaste. You get the idea. 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I don't know where they have been hanging out, but we welcome them back.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6vsW9hCESrSgFIhI41W5y98IR2S0_VAjYIoU7PENsegnwq9mM5SV06lEmSkO0eECFPiPMW8CO55j28ychTnb1A6I9oABPT5InlIdMzmUDZdXx623qKGKbGmHEQs05zuuTyVvQZC3ft1vm/s1024/IMG_3595+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6vsW9hCESrSgFIhI41W5y98IR2S0_VAjYIoU7PENsegnwq9mM5SV06lEmSkO0eECFPiPMW8CO55j28ychTnb1A6I9oABPT5InlIdMzmUDZdXx623qKGKbGmHEQs05zuuTyVvQZC3ft1vm/w410-h274/IMG_3595+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="410" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh9qHM-DgFQA3JJtXHVadjuIxq1HstlLMqi-4mGNOvUffZbsBNFpEVHbgvd3Ur_GY3n42c9yxj9sA7G_Uy7YKK5JvWMiR2VxtVZ808PBQMqj5HYnFdzbzq-ZPltqIWONZGfQIf2qfCXmqB/s2543/8CF66044-E300-4885-A87B-C11E1BDFC4F7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Whatever boat is carrying this anchor must be displacing an insane amount of water to stay afloat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank you, Archimedes, for you principles.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEvBo1lxNEVegUhqprMPuvE9fFOfWrLVnugaPJzENfSuBeMd3QllJrrvzeWdsDglcSYiftTGLknBRmhUizBYlVZ4bAkB8jJ2ycmaDb-baxfUHAym3CeBPnaxppwbTuYxpESqTZjW84EUyU/s1024/IMG_3644+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEvBo1lxNEVegUhqprMPuvE9fFOfWrLVnugaPJzENfSuBeMd3QllJrrvzeWdsDglcSYiftTGLknBRmhUizBYlVZ4bAkB8jJ2ycmaDb-baxfUHAym3CeBPnaxppwbTuYxpESqTZjW84EUyU/w410-h274/IMG_3644+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="410" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihTP4kRAgGuSuxLo9i67JEbXLQDa4Yah_BOP8fa3pPLm23QV71NBonckSR_jhxy6v5ywMam7mm8uK5554cjkB4Y04R75wbZT9dgpDjbxIEZDeDT5uobdUY-9wd8E7_itMAT8q3PC-Je2AM/s1024/IMG_3415+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihTP4kRAgGuSuxLo9i67JEbXLQDa4Yah_BOP8fa3pPLm23QV71NBonckSR_jhxy6v5ywMam7mm8uK5554cjkB4Y04R75wbZT9dgpDjbxIEZDeDT5uobdUY-9wd8E7_itMAT8q3PC-Je2AM/w328-h219/IMG_3415+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="328" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Warrenton is west of Astoria. It has a 4.7 mile multi-use trail, most of which is a rail-trail. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We started out at Sipanan River Park, and felt a little like we were in the south.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8yuHo7nWcgJ66Ux9NGD96TDiDgb4GNbkCifzeUoinGEf5gKYcaI4hUu9WXqbxRaQtOAzdMCjcju3foYR8MZZU3NRMNItINXTDysYpg3gYLLKfv9tiIIJ3-u-tl7jL4pcjv-2BUooB5wX/s1024/IMG_3395+%25281024x683%2529+-+Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8yuHo7nWcgJ66Ux9NGD96TDiDgb4GNbkCifzeUoinGEf5gKYcaI4hUu9WXqbxRaQtOAzdMCjcju3foYR8MZZU3NRMNItINXTDysYpg3gYLLKfv9tiIIJ3-u-tl7jL4pcjv-2BUooB5wX/w328-h219/IMG_3395+%25281024x683%2529+-+Copy.jpg" width="328" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">The trail has some poorly marked sections, and there are two short stints on a road, but we managed and were happy that much of the ride was on the water.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipTO61qCGgFDFS6MHDCkXjRlHVwRI4j98gHigDDxh5zd2AV9qvP4ne7-nBh0yT4pVz9jkTeuw8c2PldRpo569K76BLxiQZglvycgwQjdkVuRRd-kYlMgWdsyIQfSOUss4QxEsx-wuvIFoS/s2048/C392C0C6-F008-467A-BD05-10AEACA30BE8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipTO61qCGgFDFS6MHDCkXjRlHVwRI4j98gHigDDxh5zd2AV9qvP4ne7-nBh0yT4pVz9jkTeuw8c2PldRpo569K76BLxiQZglvycgwQjdkVuRRd-kYlMgWdsyIQfSOUss4QxEsx-wuvIFoS/w328-h246/C392C0C6-F008-467A-BD05-10AEACA30BE8.jpeg" width="328" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And where there wasn't water there were reminders of our proximity. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Mmmm, sea berries.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbnVuWgRbBvjgR3Ot-uJM3oQHdUtGicczvf_NwbhfIOjEJkK9A6GzrJJebN2lBsL6B7yc4LIMk75prMpFCAjLqYreulumMKBmCt43cDpXkACV8YdMmdm1XJ8fWEJdiI_TIaa9F5zgMmDV1/s1024/IMG_3474+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbnVuWgRbBvjgR3Ot-uJM3oQHdUtGicczvf_NwbhfIOjEJkK9A6GzrJJebN2lBsL6B7yc4LIMk75prMpFCAjLqYreulumMKBmCt43cDpXkACV8YdMmdm1XJ8fWEJdiI_TIaa9F5zgMmDV1/w328-h219/IMG_3474+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="328" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Right across the river is Fort Columbia, where we spent time yesterday.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSS4bf8yMKZiNmJK3vfZrJA42Y1ldQafzzNC4JeWwLLIxcmAf2iyzWgaQJTGiripVRdtjpN9k7zUE72XdNEmK-Sx8Egz7U9fL7iGFrd9YidLQvVxTxP7uZ7AJPtsWslBj0QmXAClSaewUx/w328-h219/IMG_3479+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="328" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just one more full day in Astoria before we head south. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The wind is blowing and the clock is ticking.</div>Four Points Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784760816019923342noreply@blogger.com1Warrenton Waterfront Trail, Warrenton, OR, USA46.1796158 -123.923921617.869384012444762 -159.08016891779099 74.489847587555232 -88.767674282209015tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213724682902859333.post-45316770601196454892020-08-01T15:02:00.006-07:002020-08-02T15:30:30.383-07:00The West (Day 28)- Fort Columbia, WA<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVluygj-0huld2oo68ZmgBz4fyFIDsRg4o512j1M3P1naF1VgOC92dOWPnNDrUiz6xLx8OnnpdLNLnSu3Ty87brAVNfZLdwP-w2djdfLPlgl3A1BFcqOHLlrLcM4S2iCQEKlG8d1ukBsb9/s1024/IMG_3272+%25281024x734%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="734" data-original-width="1024" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVluygj-0huld2oo68ZmgBz4fyFIDsRg4o512j1M3P1naF1VgOC92dOWPnNDrUiz6xLx8OnnpdLNLnSu3Ty87brAVNfZLdwP-w2djdfLPlgl3A1BFcqOHLlrLcM4S2iCQEKlG8d1ukBsb9/w328-h235/IMG_3272+%25281024x734%2529.jpg" width="328" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This will be our last time over the Astoria-Megler Bridge for a while as we head south on Tuesday.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2VUKa6WUCqn5zJncBRCsqe4oMFNqrKwBK6haYaZ2-GEhsE8ODEYEHbPXVyT99SBtqbPpKOb1sLJF1oA9IEvitiV-e1g6mrZsysFxSRi9IjqI950lMi39KwAVUHAskvUcA-QdqK_mplljt/s2048/5ED1F629-CAAC-48D6-8D61-44C11B9619BE.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2VUKa6WUCqn5zJncBRCsqe4oMFNqrKwBK6haYaZ2-GEhsE8ODEYEHbPXVyT99SBtqbPpKOb1sLJF1oA9IEvitiV-e1g6mrZsysFxSRi9IjqI950lMi39KwAVUHAskvUcA-QdqK_mplljt/w328-h246/5ED1F629-CAAC-48D6-8D61-44C11B9619BE.jpeg" width="328" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Each time we have driven to Washington we have gone right by this entrance. I looked it up yesterday and was surprised that behind this unassuming sign is an amazing state park. Fort Columbia is one of the twelve parks that make up the Lewis and Clark National Historic Park. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXAXvzPYcGHBltAFaoAbxj2w-C8qr6SuKYorJkzb2orL9d8xOamdfLkcoNRxWjNJp5ENfxbXD1FJTQz96LoKX6hjm7LjgDfhTMVoVzdhkbG44cecXoDeTVEKdbjlcRilznB-6aKw-jz0ca/s1024/IMG_3283+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXAXvzPYcGHBltAFaoAbxj2w-C8qr6SuKYorJkzb2orL9d8xOamdfLkcoNRxWjNJp5ENfxbXD1FJTQz96LoKX6hjm7LjgDfhTMVoVzdhkbG44cecXoDeTVEKdbjlcRilznB-6aKw-jz0ca/w328-h219/IMG_3283+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="328" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fort Columbia State Park is considered to be one of the most intact coastal defense sites in the United States.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Behind us are barracks, officers' homes, and administration buildings. (The ones in the far back are currently available to rent as vacation homes.) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ0wCZfYtn3cnDdiQUenCSJTbu2q1TwomRFqh81HGKMd1JEvdk5-paQkIYeUwBO_F3hqE-retxAzk53LGuxBXV7zJqfHY2N_Rwv4vKNc8O2BvbQnLvXN2V0vJq-T3WOnbI5ZyUSQQbY5ht/s2048/2BEA1AD2-9AEE-4C92-B8BA-0C00E95180D0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ0wCZfYtn3cnDdiQUenCSJTbu2q1TwomRFqh81HGKMd1JEvdk5-paQkIYeUwBO_F3hqE-retxAzk53LGuxBXV7zJqfHY2N_Rwv4vKNc8O2BvbQnLvXN2V0vJq-T3WOnbI5ZyUSQQbY5ht/w328-h246/2BEA1AD2-9AEE-4C92-B8BA-0C00E95180D0.jpeg" width="328" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOYODxQICgF1rWTgzKImOWYZTVOcdriP4xV2JM_2vFAwFOaNH40UluQYJHPeHoLmwPE7JPwnXLLujPRDahWlVMcjsnURtC47kIVrMVDjZ47N3f1q9YynYfPL04mtIUTFueYV-Iuyf5O1-y/s1024/IMG_3307+%25281024x732%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="1024" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOYODxQICgF1rWTgzKImOWYZTVOcdriP4xV2JM_2vFAwFOaNH40UluQYJHPeHoLmwPE7JPwnXLLujPRDahWlVMcjsnURtC47kIVrMVDjZ47N3f1q9YynYfPL04mtIUTFueYV-Iuyf5O1-y/w328-h234/IMG_3307+%25281024x732%2529.jpg" width="328" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Many of the underground buildings, like the searchlight powerhouse behind Eric, are open to walk through. And the best part is that no one is here. Even though it is Saturday morning. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpgb5Wh4zBL60BAiSqyT_ppYsk97pg6A_GGZh4_BTjjRzUlaWFVJ9xVNZUy3-y-Mh8PE2kYOB9mfRpMBJAQyRU0P5NiBEwD8D5wTud3V5xi_rHf2WYRGon6g0Kns0wSz1l189k1szLQBlR/s2048/19777B12-0112-4387-A713-1A1ACE6969D0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpgb5Wh4zBL60BAiSqyT_ppYsk97pg6A_GGZh4_BTjjRzUlaWFVJ9xVNZUy3-y-Mh8PE2kYOB9mfRpMBJAQyRU0P5NiBEwD8D5wTud3V5xi_rHf2WYRGon6g0Kns0wSz1l189k1szLQBlR/w328-h246/19777B12-0112-4387-A713-1A1ACE6969D0.jpeg" width="328" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3dBiZSJDOSbGQ24DZQBV_7aLbXOU9_RrG3w-eGE-A41ilKoweo1uvRghOaqYiAV5HZnIXuyD-x5J1I78traMUkM622UwqgcJAP0m9y0xPSLVcYGheTUwdFrYQEf3vfTDUIuLzv6Ec6cbD/s2048/A62BD33D-2390-4F79-9DF8-8770A82C3E8B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3dBiZSJDOSbGQ24DZQBV_7aLbXOU9_RrG3w-eGE-A41ilKoweo1uvRghOaqYiAV5HZnIXuyD-x5J1I78traMUkM622UwqgcJAP0m9y0xPSLVcYGheTUwdFrYQEf3vfTDUIuLzv6Ec6cbD/w328-h246/A62BD33D-2390-4F79-9DF8-8770A82C3E8B.jpeg" width="328" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDksTVk-aAf431L8cYegEDj3Xj1FmYzhHL4VnF8Z_wUV1712jrsJxVCaiHDH2NBhfsl-jfqegnIeNr9CKPKGGOz5BaI4_AGHkqTyf6iIOZp-zB_B2oKn-j7t07LC5Gmaw8Ra5BWQkO4WlS/s1024/IMG_3347+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDksTVk-aAf431L8cYegEDj3Xj1FmYzhHL4VnF8Z_wUV1712jrsJxVCaiHDH2NBhfsl-jfqegnIeNr9CKPKGGOz5BaI4_AGHkqTyf6iIOZp-zB_B2oKn-j7t07LC5Gmaw8Ra5BWQkO4WlS/w328-h219/IMG_3347+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="328" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There was a little mist in the air but I don't think this is why no other visitors were around. I can only assume that people just drive right by not realizing what this park is, like we did so many times over the past few weeks.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzca6P-s4mgqfWUvHuRDUCXqNPjxleHQXaQhUBaau0WoGFTxd0ab14aeHCZA_SPcKatpIa2CzPfcrp4dqnzTy6pOzwX2FIkZFYfPTOlUhRPmmZ-plVX_3aGmFemrcy7UZYl4dKNM9b8jkE/s1024/IMG_3322+%25281024x733%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="1024" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzca6P-s4mgqfWUvHuRDUCXqNPjxleHQXaQhUBaau0WoGFTxd0ab14aeHCZA_SPcKatpIa2CzPfcrp4dqnzTy6pOzwX2FIkZFYfPTOlUhRPmmZ-plVX_3aGmFemrcy7UZYl4dKNM9b8jkE/w328-h234/IMG_3322+%25281024x733%2529.jpg" width="328" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Of course A1 is more interested in the birds and the berries than anything else.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdWxChNprheWVfFsLsdHkOnjvg4suxuk_rjypS1yeyGp43iW4Mz7q566-srvxU8Jj1N_hK4HeBf-979gpQmD28Nto-u-g39-grhGszwJxl1NO8rMPORaakdkO55pJCPNs3M5TButqx5tcE/s1024/IMG_3200+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdWxChNprheWVfFsLsdHkOnjvg4suxuk_rjypS1yeyGp43iW4Mz7q566-srvxU8Jj1N_hK4HeBf-979gpQmD28Nto-u-g39-grhGszwJxl1NO8rMPORaakdkO55pJCPNs3M5TButqx5tcE/s320/IMG_3200+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Willapa National Wildlife Refuge in Washington is comprised of "11,000 acres of sand dunes, sand beaches, mudflats, grasslands, saltwater and freshwater marshes, and coniferous forest". It even includes an island (Long Beach Island) with hiking trails, if you have the means to get there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU-8DavI22pizaM9-X73ki7N_fTN-tWTMg4ShJcsFx-pAwoUyRyeSFHiU9jRU2V-TkogFKKs-w_EDHEh6UgAbHyMbfd1PnRB0uaO3HeR4X0BzDAl2D3rUoxX9Ha7sYwMeYVaohArWqT9CC/s2048/4F9C6DA0-B729-4401-A8EE-E6B5C7CAFE0A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU-8DavI22pizaM9-X73ki7N_fTN-tWTMg4ShJcsFx-pAwoUyRyeSFHiU9jRU2V-TkogFKKs-w_EDHEh6UgAbHyMbfd1PnRB0uaO3HeR4X0BzDAl2D3rUoxX9Ha7sYwMeYVaohArWqT9CC/w328-h246/4F9C6DA0-B729-4401-A8EE-E6B5C7CAFE0A.jpeg" width="328" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today we are focused on just a few miles of trails, Art Trail which leads to Cutthroat Climb (1.75 miles in total). Art Trail includes art from students at the University of Washington Public Arts Program. (If you look at the railing it is actually the path of frogs jumping.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIfxEDGNmcfxghYLHIpHGWUrbejlcErKceVlbPZnBLjDc_mZI7aMeF7ysO9_KdojykEawRkEEhjegsKVDCAN6XcYiZJxORlZd4Tjo-bG-Db00NMBR1XrdEErNN2BgQlidGELSpv8NDBY9q/s2065/3E04A835-F14E-4B20-B125-248CE6FABCA1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1004" data-original-width="2065" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIfxEDGNmcfxghYLHIpHGWUrbejlcErKceVlbPZnBLjDc_mZI7aMeF7ysO9_KdojykEawRkEEhjegsKVDCAN6XcYiZJxORlZd4Tjo-bG-Db00NMBR1XrdEErNN2BgQlidGELSpv8NDBY9q/w410-h199/3E04A835-F14E-4B20-B125-248CE6FABCA1.jpeg" width="410" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZNKlFQtwoyArHoJhiEcA1KYw7va9bMKeYl5MQgSGBn9sneBA39sQ7CA8UkECbChdfcHrF0yV6FDg-AM8IotHfYxFaCwYKiiCv9Gimmtcqn4vGTPV_vGGCkJw_3NnGQkVrsQAkXOUPrGa/s1024/IMG_3203+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZNKlFQtwoyArHoJhiEcA1KYw7va9bMKeYl5MQgSGBn9sneBA39sQ7CA8UkECbChdfcHrF0yV6FDg-AM8IotHfYxFaCwYKiiCv9Gimmtcqn4vGTPV_vGGCkJw_3NnGQkVrsQAkXOUPrGa/w256-h170/IMG_3203+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7rQideHSx-6XFK3U-6vLTAr2pORdSP2pZPm3zC859ugNHtfktyejCb_kxRBm6ewG1nY4r5jZHs6fyVn910W0t3GMuV2cGuRmC4bI-l0eAYU-Kxb5HbhYdsQbAg-gWC23BiG18S-SIUyNh/s1024/IMG_3266+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7rQideHSx-6XFK3U-6vLTAr2pORdSP2pZPm3zC859ugNHtfktyejCb_kxRBm6ewG1nY4r5jZHs6fyVn910W0t3GMuV2cGuRmC4bI-l0eAYU-Kxb5HbhYdsQbAg-gWC23BiG18S-SIUyNh/s320/IMG_3266+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6SaMv10DQNOn-dUbD0us80sshbv2bZCs5kCBnppGkjqEZgdv5xE91lNYCULcuM0Svknqrsq2KFX4o34BJJwDYNMFabC8zJu9TCWdmvGBWgLeTEdHye6vqUjt2bNcXi1ZpaBuD62_NsRME/s2048/DC19DF10-9502-4813-A839-1012249C38A0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1539" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6SaMv10DQNOn-dUbD0us80sshbv2bZCs5kCBnppGkjqEZgdv5xE91lNYCULcuM0Svknqrsq2KFX4o34BJJwDYNMFabC8zJu9TCWdmvGBWgLeTEdHye6vqUjt2bNcXi1ZpaBuD62_NsRME/w246-h328/DC19DF10-9502-4813-A839-1012249C38A0.jpeg" width="246" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We are now on Cutthroat Climb, which is not quite as intimidating as it sounds.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Upon our return someone heading up the trail asked about it. She was comforted to know that a baby could do it (but this is one tough child).</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb3xpTY_8ajOV5h2onwfwE166DjDZj_b8ScSdCmJac5AzWQHfjW2n4P-8ESY5gMKlAMYoGEjZzOBN2R-K2PxXcReDfV8ztYaKozqAVoML3aXzP8VJg2a_Dm8dwz5rzvlJS-F2g5VlWQGS1/s2048/7F50FAEB-AA27-45E9-BF87-528D395CA60A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1267" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb3xpTY_8ajOV5h2onwfwE166DjDZj_b8ScSdCmJac5AzWQHfjW2n4P-8ESY5gMKlAMYoGEjZzOBN2R-K2PxXcReDfV8ztYaKozqAVoML3aXzP8VJg2a_Dm8dwz5rzvlJS-F2g5VlWQGS1/w203-h328/7F50FAEB-AA27-45E9-BF87-528D395CA60A.jpeg" width="203" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Art Trail is flat, and aimed for children, but Cutthroat Climb has some steep sections with steps, mud, and lots of roots. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">These thirty seconds of video well represent what it is like to follow A1 through a forest.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So much to see, so much to talk about.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCgR2KmJQyXerVX7CjwjixD4okLCqVOHJqzQO3BjBBt8v1DdFNvShEu87tDRpOkqwBTVoIvbZD1_Y71Z71KWZoNh7sqkgyWY639KnLkY6_27XjCmNXeRK511wKWMUQKzAQNiQHNDc3VVVW/s2048/70A0C2F6-4457-412F-922C-BA5B514D79B3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCgR2KmJQyXerVX7CjwjixD4okLCqVOHJqzQO3BjBBt8v1DdFNvShEu87tDRpOkqwBTVoIvbZD1_Y71Z71KWZoNh7sqkgyWY639KnLkY6_27XjCmNXeRK511wKWMUQKzAQNiQHNDc3VVVW/w197-h262/70A0C2F6-4457-412F-922C-BA5B514D79B3.jpeg" width="197" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love the river-esque pathway at the beginning/end of Art Trail.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We were going back and forth as to whether we should make the 40 minute drive to Willapa National Wildlife Refuge, but we are so glad we did. This was unique.</div>Four Points Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784760816019923342noreply@blogger.com4Willapa National Wildlife Refuge, 3888 US-101, Ilwaco, WA 98624, USA46.413942 -123.93329922.436543679158007 -159.089546317791 70.391340320841991 -88.77705168220902tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213724682902859333.post-5567619244650078772020-07-30T22:09:00.009-07:002020-07-30T23:07:54.849-07:00The West (Day 26)- Discovery Trail, WA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX3TlQ0GASQHSNABI3uSLJXnkTooUzgB6OqEUms_IhaMBQw2_YwqcjlC8sej3E3Fzxiq812I8QNB7jdefXZDXa0glg9GddcPyIsJs4-lEgmJIpiSxQnayXRlygEUFMZGgJD3CTa-Etk0Ck/s1024/IMG_3046+%25281024x733%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX3TlQ0GASQHSNABI3uSLJXnkTooUzgB6OqEUms_IhaMBQw2_YwqcjlC8sej3E3Fzxiq812I8QNB7jdefXZDXa0glg9GddcPyIsJs4-lEgmJIpiSxQnayXRlygEUFMZGgJD3CTa-Etk0Ck/s320/IMG_3046+%25281024x733%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here we are, back in Long Beach, WA. Home to Washington's Annual Kite Festival (in non-Covid times). It is still a great place to geek out and fly a kite.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Or enjoy other people flying kites. </div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjVvJzrIZ46e2cn2m7jy5UqnzdUwaiZIyNX0E2XhNVMV8FH0Hl5xFJqaDYux0OzOmA-_Nrpb0aBgatqyCwgy0RVzGU9MNwyJdyzS73sxIH1WW6FxfBhpzSxekRAF6owkaD4Edla_matOdz/s1024/IMG_3059+%25281024x732%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjVvJzrIZ46e2cn2m7jy5UqnzdUwaiZIyNX0E2XhNVMV8FH0Hl5xFJqaDYux0OzOmA-_Nrpb0aBgatqyCwgy0RVzGU9MNwyJdyzS73sxIH1WW6FxfBhpzSxekRAF6owkaD4Edla_matOdz/s320/IMG_3059+%25281024x732%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I REALLY want a kite.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">We returned to Long Beach to ride Discovery Trail, a 8.5 mile hiking and biking trail named after the Discovery Corps whose journey, over two centuries ago, ended on the Long Beach Peninsula.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1WxeAG-2L84OgGiAWeRaBoc3ZzBrrrcnknctX0jLZxGXE5pChm_n1oL9n8o3JANmFI3hoqHZcTAITYizO28NrQpnvxNoitAegw5IYxQu5ZazwlSlqz3ua553dFm2hc8dNLU9z8dbDNUeC/s2048/3F2FF950-86FE-49F5-BCB3-D41FEB78CB27.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1WxeAG-2L84OgGiAWeRaBoc3ZzBrrrcnknctX0jLZxGXE5pChm_n1oL9n8o3JANmFI3hoqHZcTAITYizO28NrQpnvxNoitAegw5IYxQu5ZazwlSlqz3ua553dFm2hc8dNLU9z8dbDNUeC/s320/3F2FF950-86FE-49F5-BCB3-D41FEB78CB27.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am so loving this trail!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It hugs the coast, dunes, wetlands and forest. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What more could you want?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLuWpw0AYZ3_mrmCOH8DI4duch2XyegHEChPzYge_cNpRedKY1frQmjCRgCPlLj-sZvisgQEQHmP4xmG1BRwbqhqTi1g3McpBUI0UozKuwcvz7AMFD_t5a4fd1-SwFMC_EhdzT7UC-sc97/s2048/544341D3-74FC-4C09-ACC4-C5402988545E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLuWpw0AYZ3_mrmCOH8DI4duch2XyegHEChPzYge_cNpRedKY1frQmjCRgCPlLj-sZvisgQEQHmP4xmG1BRwbqhqTi1g3McpBUI0UozKuwcvz7AMFD_t5a4fd1-SwFMC_EhdzT7UC-sc97/s320/544341D3-74FC-4C09-ACC4-C5402988545E.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Discovery Trail will eventually take you to North Head Lighthouse (where we hiked to the other week, but coming from the south).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivmgPBezjFuTzf-9m4cz4LPM3Gc5i-UQsDFXduqIuqkVUgVHtelFf-Ha6Thd8y2e0MP2w8ElOdhM3KfGdKmV-cSPDhtDnxawnf8wiY7BnM7CgLhSmJiV3DdFaqppzH0-6eN_uTwGZSsJSK/s2048/CC00B04D-7BCC-4C3D-94AD-F821BBC9E5E7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivmgPBezjFuTzf-9m4cz4LPM3Gc5i-UQsDFXduqIuqkVUgVHtelFf-Ha6Thd8y2e0MP2w8ElOdhM3KfGdKmV-cSPDhtDnxawnf8wiY7BnM7CgLhSmJiV3DdFaqppzH0-6eN_uTwGZSsJSK/s320/CC00B04D-7BCC-4C3D-94AD-F821BBC9E5E7.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="683" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZFHcNRlEO5MFqxyyDIV2Zk9F-sKRwC95EJtn-0151T1w-b9j-B0nuhSPE1igYmAU5r0-d00PReY0ZlqSdqG2o9owdBIMLhhPQOtj9RwXITSp0pZniNC6MeopYt-RaRg27DGYjoTlVX5BE/s320/IMG_3146+%2528683x1024%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I didn't realize until we saw our second bald eagle (or maybe the first one twice) that these poles are eagle perches. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSYoB93oweSxKj_ftgeRC0YLAnzZvUlg7E4doO_rrFVbWEqaSkU-jkD2kUp2YiDO4aMNWk6G3iilPpRVM7-sOnrprXCs7ZF__wtd7_wNafj1UcZBVaMWF1xE9W80jX2DW5lni-QRGZQSZ_/s1024/IMG_3149+%2528729x1024%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="729" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSYoB93oweSxKj_ftgeRC0YLAnzZvUlg7E4doO_rrFVbWEqaSkU-jkD2kUp2YiDO4aMNWk6G3iilPpRVM7-sOnrprXCs7ZF__wtd7_wNafj1UcZBVaMWF1xE9W80jX2DW5lni-QRGZQSZ_/s320/IMG_3149+%2528729x1024%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Heads up!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Head down!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Four Points Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784760816019923342noreply@blogger.com1Discovery Trail, Washington, USA46.338480399999987 -124.065028118.028248612444749 -159.221275417791 74.648712187555219 -88.908780782209021tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213724682902859333.post-25814688564655891032020-07-29T22:30:00.000-07:002020-07-29T22:30:22.701-07:00The West ( Day 25)- Cannon Beach<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn9m_VIBCY40bmIzZUCvKCi94-VCRH7kPjzsMV2EZElduQHdkQoD4Pk1UuUrDEhyyZfzbzAnMsNwwjf7gTR0TYPCT6bal-Gq6emKeXn7mGDiEUWcuu24LjQfmA6gRkMCRKa8cq0bclrvAe/s2048/F4BF708F-6A4D-48DF-A1F9-75CA91713633.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1539" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn9m_VIBCY40bmIzZUCvKCi94-VCRH7kPjzsMV2EZElduQHdkQoD4Pk1UuUrDEhyyZfzbzAnMsNwwjf7gTR0TYPCT6bal-Gq6emKeXn7mGDiEUWcuu24LjQfmA6gRkMCRKa8cq0bclrvAe/s320/F4BF708F-6A4D-48DF-A1F9-75CA91713633.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Eric, A1 and I headed to Cannon Beach today.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkTNHltJsbceZtF5GlzE1OYwsx2UQvtQ4l5PKs_pLl0KHYinXJl7zaj37oJu6hp8x4-anH_DCqYaiwnNrqHC3aQIavmW8o6G7Vhyv73aKlVEGyLjGMv_RkLbrJZLmWqU1fM9pzhLobTWq0/s2048/3877337D-03ED-4DBD-9F83-D17F1D92D8FA.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1539" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkTNHltJsbceZtF5GlzE1OYwsx2UQvtQ4l5PKs_pLl0KHYinXJl7zaj37oJu6hp8x4-anH_DCqYaiwnNrqHC3aQIavmW8o6G7Vhyv73aKlVEGyLjGMv_RkLbrJZLmWqU1fM9pzhLobTWq0/s320/3877337D-03ED-4DBD-9F83-D17F1D92D8FA.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The name Cannon Beach dates back to 1846, when a cannon from a shipwreck washed ashore. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think the city is most famous for Haystack Rock. It is so photogenic, and so iconic. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Three popular movies were filmed here: The Goonies, Point Break, and Twilight.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRw5xxYiZ3vod3mKS5jGTZAyNtCbv2iHPf67YuLL-D3A4H9q5eAfpqGgR03wkz5PrtnhiY90ytgDpo8Zk83TD4o8SZTMKY8zCppn0Usz5xsUGM9LF9EJE5rc-FXeuzKD5wt6Pvf62B3sqy/s1024/IMG_2870+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRw5xxYiZ3vod3mKS5jGTZAyNtCbv2iHPf67YuLL-D3A4H9q5eAfpqGgR03wkz5PrtnhiY90ytgDpo8Zk83TD4o8SZTMKY8zCppn0Usz5xsUGM9LF9EJE5rc-FXeuzKD5wt6Pvf62B3sqy/s320/IMG_2870+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">We tried the water again, but it is so cold it burns. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I guess we have SoCal expectations, we like the water to be about twenty degrees warmer, and fun.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It just isn't the same so cold.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuL2opwJTRM5zb7NT9c6Na1_a44wSfgkmVLCuSIK_OLBv-ZzYe6IDxIkL7Era14brSjVO_fG5CLfXjIUvCHKzLyX9XZwoivkEjl8EafFlwWxf31RQLZiW6Dn-vRGtm4kka7FfXBH__oFdw/s1024/IMG_2913+%2528683x1024%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="683" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuL2opwJTRM5zb7NT9c6Na1_a44wSfgkmVLCuSIK_OLBv-ZzYe6IDxIkL7Era14brSjVO_fG5CLfXjIUvCHKzLyX9XZwoivkEjl8EafFlwWxf31RQLZiW6Dn-vRGtm4kka7FfXBH__oFdw/s320/IMG_2913+%2528683x1024%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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She was cold but refused to be held.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">90% of the time she strolled along the beach by herself, wrapped up in towels.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ziKWu-18CA5ABmCw21nlq3xNM64KYWg25fRIT_Kdgt99QrsAHObosX9TFzlapFZSkXoP3IxFZDrt6G6AMyHSCBSuI5bxVDMkSkVXvQbv_ncBWWo7GGykT1upf8qP1M9zjrCo6RETbAC8/s1024/IMG_2946+%2528683x1024%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="683" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ziKWu-18CA5ABmCw21nlq3xNM64KYWg25fRIT_Kdgt99QrsAHObosX9TFzlapFZSkXoP3IxFZDrt6G6AMyHSCBSuI5bxVDMkSkVXvQbv_ncBWWo7GGykT1upf8qP1M9zjrCo6RETbAC8/s320/IMG_2946+%2528683x1024%2529.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz5QF0WB0hPXerQn0HsoZP9nZ8R_W_pLO_mBN4VcK9FtZQ5pKkD6g5awHoDkTeSELJix_9j4cjttw8Al7LZd1YNO-r5dtFdQ93dlrpmMN0DQ0LtK62z0OmsufP4zeQ_ht1_i5Of_ojyvuS/s1024/IMG_2967+%2528683x1024%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Still!</div>Four Points Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784760816019923342noreply@blogger.com1Cannon Beach, OR, USA45.8917738 -123.961527417.581542012444764 -159.11777471779098 74.202005587555249 -88.805280082209009tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213724682902859333.post-75213867440116226362020-07-28T22:04:00.000-07:002020-07-28T22:04:00.867-07:00The West (Day 24)- Banks-Vernonia State Trail<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw4PQEwsVg3F6peRh8oNRriKYuYwRlCXcYuIl1DaUMFIcm4zijgecBec6JLGKPe40nKdKrTLev1D78ygdDCY5nSftcOOAd9FKJLEIFUIMK6NSqV5xncEmMOuuYn1UmDZImJdgh2d6FwacI/s1024/IMG_2825+%25281024x575%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw4PQEwsVg3F6peRh8oNRriKYuYwRlCXcYuIl1DaUMFIcm4zijgecBec6JLGKPe40nKdKrTLev1D78ygdDCY5nSftcOOAd9FKJLEIFUIMK6NSqV5xncEmMOuuYn1UmDZImJdgh2d6FwacI/s320/IMG_2825+%25281024x575%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Banks-Vernonia State Trail is the first rails-to-trails built in Oregon. Rails-to-trails are abandon railroads that have been converted into multi-use paths. Right now there are over <a href="https://www.railstotrails.org/our-work/united-states/">2,000 rail trails</a> in the United States.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We are currently standing on a 80 foot high, 733 foot long 1920's trestle, checking things out before we start our ride.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoZFMtQWX0Wp34ZRF9V4gxkSq1BCU0J3u8QtaIoD2VaJWd1iFhXExpHIzzKRhnhwAIO3g3hKM1yWaNloRYiCe-B2yY8Re76SRTazOgoTh7wovhaw3GymoNT2YLYodCXz_L5s91NWl-6_6C/s1024/IMG_2835+%2528683x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="683" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoZFMtQWX0Wp34ZRF9V4gxkSq1BCU0J3u8QtaIoD2VaJWd1iFhXExpHIzzKRhnhwAIO3g3hKM1yWaNloRYiCe-B2yY8Re76SRTazOgoTh7wovhaw3GymoNT2YLYodCXz_L5s91NWl-6_6C/s320/IMG_2835+%2528683x1024%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A1 LOVES heights.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9-PS2KdBV7KRIagAYg-YOMKgfpOd_kHk0R2ltsFS_TbKe1DNm5NJoeU10C1MpTs-rVAj5x4O00JpfdmKPpg-f5SkgFzltIltAwYzfZdHlPMvLJeKefSvKxeqBwDvtBYCfanbG937GT0qz/s1024/IMG_2840+%2528683x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="683" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9-PS2KdBV7KRIagAYg-YOMKgfpOd_kHk0R2ltsFS_TbKe1DNm5NJoeU10C1MpTs-rVAj5x4O00JpfdmKPpg-f5SkgFzltIltAwYzfZdHlPMvLJeKefSvKxeqBwDvtBYCfanbG937GT0qz/s320/IMG_2840+%2528683x1024%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A portion of the 21 mile Banks-Vernonia Trail is currently closed, so we decided to start at Buxton Trestle and ride to Banks, a 14 mile bike ride.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">There are only six trailheads for Banks-Vernonia but I think the Buxton Trailhead was a great starting point. It was the only one that we saw along our ride that had a little park attached. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Perfect for stretching our legs after our ride, and before the hour and a half drive back to Astoria.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHtQGbkbqacLmnHMxxEo9MfoJC6Wi9TGGLBebVP9YjJA1SJLk-SpAw-8_NsmhLVngongikdeNKAfwXbQ6w-M0sLEdfaL4LTJvgpor7zPPvT5Ns7MMtQEtcwiRWiUl6cF6plqaoslVUHjaC/s2048/FB964B18-D5C0-4633-8FE8-55E6557DAFC2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHtQGbkbqacLmnHMxxEo9MfoJC6Wi9TGGLBebVP9YjJA1SJLk-SpAw-8_NsmhLVngongikdeNKAfwXbQ6w-M0sLEdfaL4LTJvgpor7zPPvT5Ns7MMtQEtcwiRWiUl6cF6plqaoslVUHjaC/s320/FB964B18-D5C0-4633-8FE8-55E6557DAFC2.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Four Points Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784760816019923342noreply@blogger.com0Banks-Vernonia State Trail, Oregon, USA45.7325463 -123.191210117.422314512444764 -158.347457417791 74.042778087555234 -88.034962782209021tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213724682902859333.post-84595736658424615102020-07-27T22:25:00.003-07:002020-07-27T22:36:05.911-07:00The West (Day 23)- Lewis and Clark National Park and Peter Iredale <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRev1rAygVXjg2w2bjhhbQ9tc3R5nmv_ktH7xi4zGAw_d8zR3gQ2WhHC-KU38RJ4Egr1dT0C1aaHNRtU24bTXsPAnpY8T9OFfVgiLIO21E4cBoLitLYndlOZR91ts2FxNWhS0wjM2DFv8D/s1024/IMG_2773+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRev1rAygVXjg2w2bjhhbQ9tc3R5nmv_ktH7xi4zGAw_d8zR3gQ2WhHC-KU38RJ4Egr1dT0C1aaHNRtU24bTXsPAnpY8T9OFfVgiLIO21E4cBoLitLYndlOZR91ts2FxNWhS0wjM2DFv8D/s320/IMG_2773+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Unbeknownst to us until today, Lewis and Clark National Park is made up of twelve parks within a 40 mile stretch of Oregon's northern most coast and Washington's southern.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9jxE3vdHnIGa-S2Oh0wTlZUpy6VVzl3RhdyodEaR6UxrfdNboqqrjgxOE5NWRggjkCIiwavjWr0bSxGo9DQ9N-O9oNNdyp7jyPDv9ouvqodUKyeKexXtgDuc980d915X7FzvUmx5sO4bt/s881/lewis+and+clark.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="881" data-original-width="595" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9jxE3vdHnIGa-S2Oh0wTlZUpy6VVzl3RhdyodEaR6UxrfdNboqqrjgxOE5NWRggjkCIiwavjWr0bSxGo9DQ9N-O9oNNdyp7jyPDv9ouvqodUKyeKexXtgDuc980d915X7FzvUmx5sO4bt/s320/lewis+and+clark.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On this trip. we have visited Long Beach, Cape Disappointment, and Fort Stevens.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Previously we have visited <a href="http://aquiahialla.blogspot.com/2015/03/or-210-fort-clatsop-and-fort-stevens.html">Fort to Sea Trail along with Fort Clatsop</a> (which we are visiting again today).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYIlstaOYYZ-fCxcGXbCQSSA2MvIQy_oQ78RdhyphenhyphenzkWC4xYLk9jNAmLX1Fy1ocYEu_6V4kp_FPwOj_gmHGxl3RrT_bFnFV6X45R6f0rG8hEq1YddL3wH14XMx4O3umlTPJ-odtiB7Cd8X6i/s1024/IMG_2700+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYIlstaOYYZ-fCxcGXbCQSSA2MvIQy_oQ78RdhyphenhyphenzkWC4xYLk9jNAmLX1Fy1ocYEu_6V4kp_FPwOj_gmHGxl3RrT_bFnFV6X45R6f0rG8hEq1YddL3wH14XMx4O3umlTPJ-odtiB7Cd8X6i/s320/IMG_2700+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fort Clatsop is pretty dang cool.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIQs_liSVt7uXCT5tVDgmxMkxsto8UKvJQZZ4mBCaWGl3eVPJLz46wufuiLlEgWncQWNqXsCeo9YbYluFNajgc0ttqdJreAXvzbGTiN_jXDqIPyOtaeKG1zmAxj6GRT8lwC_VEzgz5hQRB/s2048/DC6D0757-E8D2-4420-B92B-56E3D97EBC3E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIQs_liSVt7uXCT5tVDgmxMkxsto8UKvJQZZ4mBCaWGl3eVPJLz46wufuiLlEgWncQWNqXsCeo9YbYluFNajgc0ttqdJreAXvzbGTiN_jXDqIPyOtaeKG1zmAxj6GRT8lwC_VEzgz5hQRB/s320/DC6D0757-E8D2-4420-B92B-56E3D97EBC3E.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fort Clatsop was the winter encampment of Lewis and Clark's Discovery Corps from December of 1805 to March of 1806. Clark journaled about how the Clatsop and Chinook Native Americans came to the encampment almost daily to trade. Although journaling is not a typical activity these days, especially for men, it was a common activity before internet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Actually, President Jefferson (who funded the expedition) mandated journaling for everyone in the Discovery Corps who could write. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img src="https://oregonencyclopedia.org/media/uploads/Clarks_drawing_of_white_salmon_Orhi_96344_4.jpg" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEFrPj1yVevWG5aHBm7nmtGWWP1YEkUA1LcYg9aCCvkalcd18fbDi9e5H1_oi_s1X7l3ZS8EJyqigcsrCw0rKuNiUj44CgYRDmy3hQqSuoQgtO0EonGlN2r4HokoamzHwNJ6Fm0HbSwaeY/s1024/IMG_2706+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEFrPj1yVevWG5aHBm7nmtGWWP1YEkUA1LcYg9aCCvkalcd18fbDi9e5H1_oi_s1X7l3ZS8EJyqigcsrCw0rKuNiUj44CgYRDmy3hQqSuoQgtO0EonGlN2r4HokoamzHwNJ6Fm0HbSwaeY/s320/IMG_2706+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Although the fort is just a replica it is based on the journals and so well represents their daily lives.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You know- journal, make bullets, bargain. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Repeat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMBVG521GfjyWDIlXS9KSVJGzSSHEQyVTclp97qdME2rUE_KUYCrL3F0BCJDPfDPhCR56j2AcPqYDw-cllF5vF0rJvOCx37-dHWGFUlDmtav4pmpE9Hb1XJWioE3vrnw6e7tL9xOBdr_nF/s2048/E5AFE84C-2520-41F0-AEB6-BC1558ADC4FB.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMBVG521GfjyWDIlXS9KSVJGzSSHEQyVTclp97qdME2rUE_KUYCrL3F0BCJDPfDPhCR56j2AcPqYDw-cllF5vF0rJvOCx37-dHWGFUlDmtav4pmpE9Hb1XJWioE3vrnw6e7tL9xOBdr_nF/s320/E5AFE84C-2520-41F0-AEB6-BC1558ADC4FB.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3EzwCHX7JD-KrZL51MIhChDRKaqepREIRJHfwHjvw9YZfGspvNyz7GY2okMWiPSETHDYwejLYmVtOC9H4Hjkpqk4lj47OLW_i4DzWrMQO_1tLy7ZuRqtI5ZXIUNf6MMohenGx5nXG4ID1/s2048/59E45071-357C-4F9E-85E0-924C69047A1D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3EzwCHX7JD-KrZL51MIhChDRKaqepREIRJHfwHjvw9YZfGspvNyz7GY2okMWiPSETHDYwejLYmVtOC9H4Hjkpqk4lj47OLW_i4DzWrMQO_1tLy7ZuRqtI5ZXIUNf6MMohenGx5nXG4ID1/s320/59E45071-357C-4F9E-85E0-924C69047A1D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fort Clatsop is full of interesting things to observe. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We even heard a gaggle of geese squawk by!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqpsXx3MRFKeGmxm1H0NA1EZP365ayKFMQ8pIn_2U131qLHVeCDKXyi5aO-M9ZLM3_HktkxabsR_c0A603xM8mR5-2PUO3mZxWSwMTbERLj2YNu77BZzcPAAQ6zyYuPktGdvfk2yPchCF_/s1024/IMG_2777+%2528732x1024%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="732" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqpsXx3MRFKeGmxm1H0NA1EZP365ayKFMQ8pIn_2U131qLHVeCDKXyi5aO-M9ZLM3_HktkxabsR_c0A603xM8mR5-2PUO3mZxWSwMTbERLj2YNu77BZzcPAAQ6zyYuPktGdvfk2yPchCF_/s320/IMG_2777+%2528732x1024%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When we put these water sandals on A1 she starts laughing in delight. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If these shoes are going on, fun is about to be had.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDeWs-nRev7DTptJKxa0D66BOR7aAlvcuoLtw8SX2QK7TEFqiNJaVb9InzT3h7TfzVbg0bIei3-o013M0Z-GXobzEvBJm0d1292zKh5RgXBNgVXNeti2Z4U8JpKEHC0od8Z1i3Y0LBsxLO/s1024/IMG_2789+%2528683x1024%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="683" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDeWs-nRev7DTptJKxa0D66BOR7aAlvcuoLtw8SX2QK7TEFqiNJaVb9InzT3h7TfzVbg0bIei3-o013M0Z-GXobzEvBJm0d1292zKh5RgXBNgVXNeti2Z4U8JpKEHC0od8Z1i3Y0LBsxLO/s320/IMG_2789+%2528683x1024%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Originally we had intentions of hanging out at the beach for an hour and frolicking in the water.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That was until we touched the water. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">50 degrees is much too cold. For us. A1 was all about jumping in. But we had to pull the parent card and put the kibosh on her plans.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQeXRpmI84pxBv6t9rVfh9p6CuK4SF57jVCSpXItoQ2Wnxbm1PD0ACSil8KbLc8fu5KOKStxrSJBEtsKn3H8NB2as7ZBCGsr8JJffSj5eGNsc34LK9zKsJoHi_aLUnBaMhQYnW3bACu3lv/s1024/IMG_2798+%2528683x1024%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="683" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQeXRpmI84pxBv6t9rVfh9p6CuK4SF57jVCSpXItoQ2Wnxbm1PD0ACSil8KbLc8fu5KOKStxrSJBEtsKn3H8NB2as7ZBCGsr8JJffSj5eGNsc34LK9zKsJoHi_aLUnBaMhQYnW3bACu3lv/s320/IMG_2798+%2528683x1024%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilumEyeSnK4zrGwFGblV8fT7xAd6-fNqQG0wNZf2HXg6wZAY-9RadcwHbvBjPNq1rESkr-IAOgNF6GJn7L6NfJ08hIpZs2Y9giZge2OcINyNInS0dsuPFSFD4n1mEt6viAA1H0YTaypc8X/s2048/1138D82C-D639-4E39-9DBD-7C7F472F9611.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilumEyeSnK4zrGwFGblV8fT7xAd6-fNqQG0wNZf2HXg6wZAY-9RadcwHbvBjPNq1rESkr-IAOgNF6GJn7L6NfJ08hIpZs2Y9giZge2OcINyNInS0dsuPFSFD4n1mEt6viAA1H0YTaypc8X/s320/1138D82C-D639-4E39-9DBD-7C7F472F9611.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqdGnkVDT5msDqKoBThcxkqVPllBiOa1jw_ZX8PDQd13bZCZYIs4Ep0kG2sjWeNHZCd0CeUIOlZSTJh5jwOhE_76fsohEXzGxB_stxNDpN1lHFhAn0A-97mV8bZoviVi-Ibvh81gsJwu7w/s2048/41FA5D78-E2AB-4AE1-8477-83BA214EA06B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqdGnkVDT5msDqKoBThcxkqVPllBiOa1jw_ZX8PDQd13bZCZYIs4Ep0kG2sjWeNHZCd0CeUIOlZSTJh5jwOhE_76fsohEXzGxB_stxNDpN1lHFhAn0A-97mV8bZoviVi-Ibvh81gsJwu7w/s320/41FA5D78-E2AB-4AE1-8477-83BA214EA06B.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik6OCBtJs3Uhs6G_D4-1D2QLkpKxgdP_gF0t55dO8kHPQdquDhpfyYXMot8leNOvUuuhnwyTJvO5oqIBgp02pm5Xy8E46pkL2RhnDLBHisv6GrozVdi3eGehwIL-invTWs4AjIWAXqfFJT/s1024/IMG_2800+%2528732x1024%2529.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik6OCBtJs3Uhs6G_D4-1D2QLkpKxgdP_gF0t55dO8kHPQdquDhpfyYXMot8leNOvUuuhnwyTJvO5oqIBgp02pm5Xy8E46pkL2RhnDLBHisv6GrozVdi3eGehwIL-invTWs4AjIWAXqfFJT/s320/IMG_2800+%2528732x1024%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">“A heavy southeast wind blew and a strong current prevailed. Before the vessel could be veered around, she was in the breakers and all efforts to keep her off were unavailing.”</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is what the captain of Peter Iredale wrote in 1906, after his ship became a permanent fixture on the beach just a few miles from where Lewis and Clark spent the winter a century earlier.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(The fogged out picture above was due to a thick, momentary marine layer.)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaxy4KkBQjuwUFrL6BUV5_HiPIaDNJtuNq8h65iP251CtYbEwK4vHpDw5_VJpY8dZcIjIO0p7rRw01fDjhj4Vk4jSMb3xb0MNTNENv8IZAq9aH4el1hS673FfHq0uWlZziPDgpEeDsdto8/s864/Wreck-of-Peter-Iredale-1906-FSDM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="864" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaxy4KkBQjuwUFrL6BUV5_HiPIaDNJtuNq8h65iP251CtYbEwK4vHpDw5_VJpY8dZcIjIO0p7rRw01fDjhj4Vk4jSMb3xb0MNTNENv8IZAq9aH4el1hS673FfHq0uWlZziPDgpEeDsdto8/s320/Wreck-of-Peter-Iredale-1906-FSDM.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I would love to see the conditions of the ocean and the air above it on the day of the shipwreck in 1906.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Luckily no one was injured, just the captain's pride.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5o3Bh6dj0ZHwyfLo4AlipIi9IGBfY8XZrRUTJqrz54F51Zts4jOBbqiA4FwlPKA-mDJbi1wdnDv5-ADn2HTh64JX87VSBU2-4zRnbQuOs8xrjfNpRrZV2AkaVBo7wK808kGGTVqnpgKEB/s2048/3C42C8F6-57E8-497F-B9DA-91ADFE488884.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1987" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5o3Bh6dj0ZHwyfLo4AlipIi9IGBfY8XZrRUTJqrz54F51Zts4jOBbqiA4FwlPKA-mDJbi1wdnDv5-ADn2HTh64JX87VSBU2-4zRnbQuOs8xrjfNpRrZV2AkaVBo7wK808kGGTVqnpgKEB/s320/3C42C8F6-57E8-497F-B9DA-91ADFE488884.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1677" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikNkOlRFyOZjrN2DRIum90saYLUIM4ZrjALYarBlZKBIz1xVH4sujRMoY73nYAH-o0ToG3P-1vDd-a3M7Cbnc17_OZYOW08VKkC6IuYWEctyn_7ZOcgbzs2O7IpvcEI606SZ2p21xyinPk/s320/4D714639-57F4-4F79-8EE6-55A5569D7C57.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Forts, shipwrecks, forests, and beaches, all just a few miles away.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oregon is the best.</div>Four Points Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784760816019923342noreply@blogger.com1Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, 92343 Fort Clatsop Rd, Astoria, OR 97103, USA46.1298421 -123.890314817.819610312444759 -159.04656211779098 74.440073887555229 -88.734067482209014tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213724682902859333.post-91898275755166088252020-07-26T14:01:00.001-07:002020-07-26T14:01:50.625-07:00The West (Day 22)- John Day River Houseboats<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcI0mFbeDewbQz-FP5jAbHBx8cUYrJ3BzVBQCB5tm9alIgei0uqLw40r7DCf7jriLDCiJU8Yb4AvX8xQBSoIcJ_UtFC4GYn9ZsJCzULM_UL3xlDxwMQm3_9hdwJB6sAAJcBTZEMgMcXqpX/s1136/A4252815-F4EC-4EE6-A94D-7696EB6CF6E0.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1136" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcI0mFbeDewbQz-FP5jAbHBx8cUYrJ3BzVBQCB5tm9alIgei0uqLw40r7DCf7jriLDCiJU8Yb4AvX8xQBSoIcJ_UtFC4GYn9ZsJCzULM_UL3xlDxwMQm3_9hdwJB6sAAJcBTZEMgMcXqpX/s320/A4252815-F4EC-4EE6-A94D-7696EB6CF6E0.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Every time we go to Astoria we drive over the John Day River.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkWs8pDxv4GZzaUib5_I8Oo2fKxOuyG5xkaj6GagV2atEh8ymSSrohqkznxbNMqLswmBWtcAzOn1gZeQoQ4z_ITNXm7p_4Q9_MtsIC8b-XJmG_hWyXwkaP0vOOtj4OBoyIl7dyEETZ-Jzp/s1024/IMG_2642+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkWs8pDxv4GZzaUib5_I8Oo2fKxOuyG5xkaj6GagV2atEh8ymSSrohqkznxbNMqLswmBWtcAzOn1gZeQoQ4z_ITNXm7p_4Q9_MtsIC8b-XJmG_hWyXwkaP0vOOtj4OBoyIl7dyEETZ-Jzp/s320/IMG_2642+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> John Day River (named after a fur trapper for Astor's Pacific Fur Company) is a six mile long tributary of the Columbia.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4N4IdbI0lvk3tpJGy1sOCLOkJqyfUDmfw7oW5pXO72nBsb3fljWNqz_HfVZxeYL7s8gX5pVxQG3DXgTF6U0Uksg0VrQGIjQhbToXrKQwre_KCTN285NKMfK8Gs8Wk2bholETZYA-1GfJt/s2048/AB27637B-E06E-4885-8FAE-8E109C591F61.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4N4IdbI0lvk3tpJGy1sOCLOkJqyfUDmfw7oW5pXO72nBsb3fljWNqz_HfVZxeYL7s8gX5pVxQG3DXgTF6U0Uksg0VrQGIjQhbToXrKQwre_KCTN285NKMfK8Gs8Wk2bholETZYA-1GfJt/s320/AB27637B-E06E-4885-8FAE-8E109C591F61.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There is a an interesting houseboat community you can see from the 30 that we have wanted to check out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Who knows, maybe if we stay in the area again we will rent one of these houseboats.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7m6ffPwHt36CYwHYP6wGPhahyphenhyphenTihyphenhyphenWBifFadCY8zSKdAHrJjvPcbrwTeKwhAl-yqowfVYv8mjwu-VnqCMcwWSRFG9bsriblEF-ig1fvPJRaOZqLOU22DO0R8nudx23bie_ejZ4AbJaX9b/s1024/IMG_2647+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7m6ffPwHt36CYwHYP6wGPhahyphenhyphenTihyphenhyphenWBifFadCY8zSKdAHrJjvPcbrwTeKwhAl-yqowfVYv8mjwu-VnqCMcwWSRFG9bsriblEF-ig1fvPJRaOZqLOU22DO0R8nudx23bie_ejZ4AbJaX9b/s320/IMG_2647+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">We will probably steer clear of this houseboat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Who in the world lives here?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Is this sign for real or a joke?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I want to know moor.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJtRCLepg2xLRBmZ2JvFwbMX5TTaNJH2SS2M5jWk4bgZebZ9lp46DPmFzzcYvmtZcmQg3E0htiKwn1OiuGu722j_6mlJI6Jv28l40c7BPUAzMQOUH1oRQa5dbH7XDmjR-tQWAMUa-Ybm8V/s1024/IMG_2670+%25281024x731%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJtRCLepg2xLRBmZ2JvFwbMX5TTaNJH2SS2M5jWk4bgZebZ9lp46DPmFzzcYvmtZcmQg3E0htiKwn1OiuGu722j_6mlJI6Jv28l40c7BPUAzMQOUH1oRQa5dbH7XDmjR-tQWAMUa-Ybm8V/s320/IMG_2670+%25281024x731%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Soaring above the John Day River we spotted our first bald eagle of the trip.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">God Bless America.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Four Points Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784760816019923342noreply@blogger.com1John Day River, Oregon 97103, USA46.1617081 -123.731422621.314549052232138 -158.887669917791 71.008867147767859 -88.575175282209017tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213724682902859333.post-60806490010612036902020-07-25T08:25:00.052-07:002020-07-26T14:13:10.957-07:00The West (Day 21)- Mt. Hood <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcUW4zAOZd1jOxUKIMFHSSGNV3JO92CPCwv_YyAzm9IUvvyJa204rUCDtBtxTkuiVIF9MkWiGfkyBJ97d-itQ4IkoHtw_a0cnZCyMw06vVP5LwR2QQstFf_U-FtmDefqXUM9eo7gVqKUQf/s1585/Untitled+1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="877" data-original-width="1585" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcUW4zAOZd1jOxUKIMFHSSGNV3JO92CPCwv_YyAzm9IUvvyJa204rUCDtBtxTkuiVIF9MkWiGfkyBJ97d-itQ4IkoHtw_a0cnZCyMw06vVP5LwR2QQstFf_U-FtmDefqXUM9eo7gVqKUQf/s320/Untitled+1.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Instead of taking the quicker, easier-with-a-baby way home we decided to take different route, via Mt. Hood.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3oHegcae_zIz9urbbbVZ_qK769YRxbRDfbod7tvZJVW_I-9GDQwI7QenvBBrkrTPSztew5fdL3AutGE29-TkW6eJPjyR3xmg7xm_CmpC1kew4m1tuA4KAqB4DDRVVd82hHaD3GlVObV4l/s2048/0BE19105-4530-4225-B04B-FCEAB3225F11.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3oHegcae_zIz9urbbbVZ_qK769YRxbRDfbod7tvZJVW_I-9GDQwI7QenvBBrkrTPSztew5fdL3AutGE29-TkW6eJPjyR3xmg7xm_CmpC1kew4m1tuA4KAqB4DDRVVd82hHaD3GlVObV4l/s320/0BE19105-4530-4225-B04B-FCEAB3225F11.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mt. Hood is an active stratovolcano with eleven glaciers on its peak.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is also one of the most climbed mountains in the world.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOS4nAlKIwNA6gjFPp26YuqVG88ZAKPVr7YUmwrqBR1wW96pisS2BhdSH5Q4D7BQlSsh39RIHemsNJfpi6LbBKxN5VcdO6_bOPKMWXeF-UAckQGJYS5YekBtJJlLv4cuZOg4j3AQIx2Z58/s2048/58A5DCA1-DF8B-4259-9167-A021E7D66E83.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOS4nAlKIwNA6gjFPp26YuqVG88ZAKPVr7YUmwrqBR1wW96pisS2BhdSH5Q4D7BQlSsh39RIHemsNJfpi6LbBKxN5VcdO6_bOPKMWXeF-UAckQGJYS5YekBtJJlLv4cuZOg4j3AQIx2Z58/s320/58A5DCA1-DF8B-4259-9167-A021E7D66E83.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is just an hour from Hood River and an hour from Portland.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaMMX_KXJVmQf4J85d4ifPCdFBC9-VKYfXuG6IPlNrNBr4VIoy91TfVNklWeK2kAT0hX9QgZ6uGOowTBT8tQIA0LFOidpsTr5CHe-Zh1PKPOS7L62Sz-7GzyLCXqzIqGdXn1BW-fiV8URY/s1024/IMG_2639+%2528683x1024%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="683" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaMMX_KXJVmQf4J85d4ifPCdFBC9-VKYfXuG6IPlNrNBr4VIoy91TfVNklWeK2kAT0hX9QgZ6uGOowTBT8tQIA0LFOidpsTr5CHe-Zh1PKPOS7L62Sz-7GzyLCXqzIqGdXn1BW-fiV8URY/s320/IMG_2639+%2528683x1024%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHS3QabUejN44_EGmfsk4MNXGH_P-gxtAJWEhn0JMlANxU4yzqXafXniGJPr8f45-9vR-bwxG-Ot9GVatOrrBQmaQji45ad8wUdSeX1h3JF5pJKq-rzYPwhzEqMssihAfvhxz0WLSwVA-K/s2048/ABC0FD74-CC99-4398-BD83-5AA17E66615C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHS3QabUejN44_EGmfsk4MNXGH_P-gxtAJWEhn0JMlANxU4yzqXafXniGJPr8f45-9vR-bwxG-Ot9GVatOrrBQmaQji45ad8wUdSeX1h3JF5pJKq-rzYPwhzEqMssihAfvhxz0WLSwVA-K/s320/ABC0FD74-CC99-4398-BD83-5AA17E66615C.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhwyKGKEFFWC5s0V7wYYTZaouBNa3anAgdfaz_hi2zIxlGEDHE-rbsxHx7BjTg1q2Ll2nEFLRtmGUfA4AK6MBxE_ixR8brMDIjQxhrHjhpJhlNKDiEE_goNabtuJIT40AhugAsoVBgwvJq/s2048/HISTORY_1C_CONSTRUCTION-944-1506554185.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhwyKGKEFFWC5s0V7wYYTZaouBNa3anAgdfaz_hi2zIxlGEDHE-rbsxHx7BjTg1q2Ll2nEFLRtmGUfA4AK6MBxE_ixR8brMDIjQxhrHjhpJhlNKDiEE_goNabtuJIT40AhugAsoVBgwvJq/s320/HISTORY_1C_CONSTRUCTION-944-1506554185.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Timberline Lodge has been a National Historic Landmark since 1977, just 40 years after it was constructed by WPA employees. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXwgDKW8iH__mgrpauPYJJYmOXEgbTwI8yEmQzszHu12wg_W7GuvpOZLDTIPRXQrshjCOJ5QYQjl7mYYMNsTM0QSOjCUQHG_EGrJ6P-rLFSy87hg4B1VnEEDv0Mk4NBsZs0swK8EW9a35M/s2048/19E3FA4F-E1AC-439E-A719-A1DDD52371F5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXwgDKW8iH__mgrpauPYJJYmOXEgbTwI8yEmQzszHu12wg_W7GuvpOZLDTIPRXQrshjCOJ5QYQjl7mYYMNsTM0QSOjCUQHG_EGrJ6P-rLFSy87hg4B1VnEEDv0Mk4NBsZs0swK8EW9a35M/s320/19E3FA4F-E1AC-439E-A719-A1DDD52371F5.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Because of the harsh climate the project was a challenge. As many as 100 to almost 500 workers could be found working here in one day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5c6m6OEoKF38LfkyBEjG6n1Ie-5Da29iXq2pk4qAkxZc3tp07ur4NYIpw4qo1FnvX_qVuBLmGY4pW_X-LTSApuuPOmUQHnXtQ1eK-c5LNRJ3KL6H9dcvaOLHTwGEmKDvW2ZAD6rSPX2O8/s2048/7E151157-EE76-4C36-BE90-23E432B1D2DA.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5c6m6OEoKF38LfkyBEjG6n1Ie-5Da29iXq2pk4qAkxZc3tp07ur4NYIpw4qo1FnvX_qVuBLmGY4pW_X-LTSApuuPOmUQHnXtQ1eK-c5LNRJ3KL6H9dcvaOLHTwGEmKDvW2ZAD6rSPX2O8/s320/7E151157-EE76-4C36-BE90-23E432B1D2DA.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Inside the lodge is artwork created by skilled artists and craftsmen employed by the WPA sister program, the Federal Arts Project. The idea was that if unskilled workers worked with skilled ones they may pick up some level of competence.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6udjk9qGRcm5_sYSXI_axZgH2D83UtfRWN5IfoKk79a1AhpRInQV-WsVAS9OpHU_Kez49zfZs4Heqz7rpDja_ausuPdSbleC_81cgr-YiewsTTCvv72_ufnelPKDfAaG9St6KlueD860H/s2048/4BA35EF1-90E5-4064-8F5F-18F3E0623638.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6udjk9qGRcm5_sYSXI_axZgH2D83UtfRWN5IfoKk79a1AhpRInQV-WsVAS9OpHU_Kez49zfZs4Heqz7rpDja_ausuPdSbleC_81cgr-YiewsTTCvv72_ufnelPKDfAaG9St6KlueD860H/s320/4BA35EF1-90E5-4064-8F5F-18F3E0623638.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg-AVIVbOFfD9zs3ecQUXz0QbSRSeeEZ_-pE2zdRtLbsoAyyliTCx6RyruBIwdcQLZZoMl9TuLAVLv1yY_FBC0oA1oEUmJX17YsFyZvdWRBUVwBRXwETFxueuRb326ZHJ8Lamb6Im4dqhd/s2048/86D447EE-95AF-419E-9B1E-BD0FAFF09871.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg-AVIVbOFfD9zs3ecQUXz0QbSRSeeEZ_-pE2zdRtLbsoAyyliTCx6RyruBIwdcQLZZoMl9TuLAVLv1yY_FBC0oA1oEUmJX17YsFyZvdWRBUVwBRXwETFxueuRb326ZHJ8Lamb6Im4dqhd/s320/86D447EE-95AF-419E-9B1E-BD0FAFF09871.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik9AasEIEP6YOKieVV75ClwcUD03V56KsU0Q0-74XPuDvpphe9ro19-TPQK9vslBCbz0angwcsom6jTivyHJPGJ8qn2RbmHTr9ZAtefz6aUyIbhSVLz_WVEIUqLRNlmgXVC2Mko0nuoR2i/s1024/Untitled+%25281024x689%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="689" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik9AasEIEP6YOKieVV75ClwcUD03V56KsU0Q0-74XPuDvpphe9ro19-TPQK9vslBCbz0angwcsom6jTivyHJPGJ8qn2RbmHTr9ZAtefz6aUyIbhSVLz_WVEIUqLRNlmgXVC2Mko0nuoR2i/s320/Untitled+%25281024x689%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Outside of the lodge we were expecting more snow. Yes, it is summer, but Mt. Hood is the only ski resort in North America that offers skiing year round. 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Hood to our right and Mt. 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Hood National Forest is green and dense. It consists of over a million acres of protected forests, mountains, lakes and streams. It is so beautiful. If you ever need a place to social distance this may be the place for you.</div>Four Points Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784760816019923342noreply@blogger.com127500 E Timberline Road, Government Camp, OR 97028, USA45.3311281 -121.711006417.840778368183464 -156.86725371779102 72.821477831816537 -86.554759082208989tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213724682902859333.post-46174784690185973032020-07-24T21:36:00.037-07:002020-07-27T13:57:21.553-07:00The West (Day 20)- Columbia River Highway <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg52YSQZq_aLAraWkSFdr7I_7Lx0En3a6UsfaR09AnlO-lQDyxCQcQGGoiHHAVyUBdvu8nWiadEODVvlmo0l57fEBqNPsGNF_a8noprZg1_-64NNQRyt5NR_eS9BbeuqzHFn3NTTY2ZXo5d/s2048/A35847A3-6C01-43BD-9762-D59A6CF915ED.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg52YSQZq_aLAraWkSFdr7I_7Lx0En3a6UsfaR09AnlO-lQDyxCQcQGGoiHHAVyUBdvu8nWiadEODVvlmo0l57fEBqNPsGNF_a8noprZg1_-64NNQRyt5NR_eS9BbeuqzHFn3NTTY2ZXo5d/s320/A35847A3-6C01-43BD-9762-D59A6CF915ED.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Columbia River Highway is a National Historic Landmark. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is also a multi-use recreational trail with our name written all over it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At the time of Eric's grandparents and great grandparents, this road would have been used to get to Multnomah Falls, the Cascade Locks, or anything that connected Oregon's west and east. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Right now the Oregon Department of Transportation is working on restoring the entire 75 mile route so that bikers and walkers can enjoy all of the historic bridges, tunnels and guardrails. As of now there are just sections that are open. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We are going to ride from Hood River to Mosier, through the twin tunnels.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is just a little over ten miles.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQWaACRyNR8DBKnAXtgbk4ftx7p56QcTEGqHa2RFAzhxSIEFBq6iIdxMxGNgI1Lnrx4tFEalZBndlTAulxD9JKKpXyYTl425SVEcajVsz132DlhQFMghKqukOCN6HuJMJxkLuuzpTWHi57/s1024/IMG_2527+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQWaACRyNR8DBKnAXtgbk4ftx7p56QcTEGqHa2RFAzhxSIEFBq6iIdxMxGNgI1Lnrx4tFEalZBndlTAulxD9JKKpXyYTl425SVEcajVsz132DlhQFMghKqukOCN6HuJMJxkLuuzpTWHi57/s320/IMG_2527+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">This road was among the first of the nation's scenic highways.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It wasn't just used for transportation but for recreation.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was also one of the first paved roads in the region, so that must have been somewhat of an attraction. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSLaUoOYX2vKpI3FMXzsKkaSxf2UWEvav2zJTWC8ws5oWWPwGn7S6guWt4oRWVFNnGxHRYYId8FAvQMHDa-j9NVMBLvCbjnhv30nHNo6x3t_WU69e80ydQxHk_eLDwGCc__sJOXLap9ckL/s2048/93529465-4120-4CCC-92F0-7088072CE4AA.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSLaUoOYX2vKpI3FMXzsKkaSxf2UWEvav2zJTWC8ws5oWWPwGn7S6guWt4oRWVFNnGxHRYYId8FAvQMHDa-j9NVMBLvCbjnhv30nHNo6x3t_WU69e80ydQxHk_eLDwGCc__sJOXLap9ckL/s320/93529465-4120-4CCC-92F0-7088072CE4AA.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">We are so appreciating the beauty of the Columbia Gorge as well as early 20th century civil engineering and design. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is a great combination. </div>Four Points Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784760816019923342noreply@blogger.com4Historic Columbia River Hwy, Oregon, USA45.603285 -122.042468217.293053212444761 -157.198715517791 73.913516787555238 -86.886220882209017tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213724682902859333.post-42953394788629275022020-07-23T22:40:00.009-07:002020-07-24T19:13:01.496-07:00The West (Day 19)- Hood River<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbYKGtReZkhxL-vj8gkZ1xJiGh0W90dOMz5TaSDjsY7UGAjSNA-hNXcMlg2mNcPIqiY-LUcBtaHU8XqVjErC2vtbeliqyIQwHdtaBYs8oDYJXfliZ8WunyVm3F4Dz8KG1TRI8zm5y2OOYC/s1024/IMG_2471+%25281024x731%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbYKGtReZkhxL-vj8gkZ1xJiGh0W90dOMz5TaSDjsY7UGAjSNA-hNXcMlg2mNcPIqiY-LUcBtaHU8XqVjErC2vtbeliqyIQwHdtaBYs8oDYJXfliZ8WunyVm3F4Dz8KG1TRI8zm5y2OOYC/s320/IMG_2471+%25281024x731%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Multnomah Falls receives two million visitors per year (two million people stop at a waterfall on the side of the highway). It is a beautiful and super convenient pit stop. It is no wonder that they had to shut down the viewing area during the pandemic. At first they just closed the facilities but they had to take it a step further and barricade the off-ramp "after it became apparent visitors were not properly social distancing at viewpoints and other areas around the falls." Ugh, people. Ugh.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We knew this before heading to Hood River today, but it is still disappointing! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hood River is about 150 miles away from our house but we decided to stay at a hotel for two days because 1- the idea of driving 300 miles with A1 didn't seem like the best plan and 2- we discovered a bike path close to Hood River that we didn't want to pass up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvIhA1NLiGyQd4bMc4tmKLd2FqnBnSrWjj8Jjbtk3gqAhRgmLKRyDcTNVK7DoYMEWstCHkwakklNEMXcDB_G6aAK1Hr5IULM2uMxpIRB2RnuzHeEy5ogJVKoB04a8ORzcHDECMmJUlwcl7/s2048/4291556D-DAA5-44D6-9CBB-B23BF0980A7F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvIhA1NLiGyQd4bMc4tmKLd2FqnBnSrWjj8Jjbtk3gqAhRgmLKRyDcTNVK7DoYMEWstCHkwakklNEMXcDB_G6aAK1Hr5IULM2uMxpIRB2RnuzHeEy5ogJVKoB04a8ORzcHDECMmJUlwcl7/s320/4291556D-DAA5-44D6-9CBB-B23BF0980A7F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our first stop was for ice cream because <b>ice cream</b>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigpVMc0b0CDbAQgFgsclarSc4GeUw42bm5x9OhVTbNhg2exUB2bzwUMdmKowMSOKGLLigVk9GCG5_eMZ9GDcg_FSQTSMWWr2AQZsf68YQ8JPOJEuPRxt7JJP6wsH5TN7UQ_Rg8OyJvgXOo/s2544/C3D23302-B654-4338-A31E-BE55956620EB.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2544" data-original-width="1237" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigpVMc0b0CDbAQgFgsclarSc4GeUw42bm5x9OhVTbNhg2exUB2bzwUMdmKowMSOKGLLigVk9GCG5_eMZ9GDcg_FSQTSMWWr2AQZsf68YQ8JPOJEuPRxt7JJP6wsH5TN7UQ_Rg8OyJvgXOo/s320/C3D23302-B654-4338-A31E-BE55956620EB.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A1 and I had a mint and cookie milkshake. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-pgWD5b05GeGJYTIVWm0GI93EpsmHWwbXckKSYhbSOkk9JFE96nOqRcuzzGcCWRHc2RYtE2vmeuiPQHgYU0DLmUDbxqBYsAhQ-WbF35C0kDpCu5Q1xRmBvQCFadDaPg_WLiKTNQ1dUuHa/s2048/229359E9-916D-4E12-8B52-ECC6356668FE.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-pgWD5b05GeGJYTIVWm0GI93EpsmHWwbXckKSYhbSOkk9JFE96nOqRcuzzGcCWRHc2RYtE2vmeuiPQHgYU0DLmUDbxqBYsAhQ-WbF35C0kDpCu5Q1xRmBvQCFadDaPg_WLiKTNQ1dUuHa/s320/229359E9-916D-4E12-8B52-ECC6356668FE.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We enjoyed our ice cream on this ridiculously slanted park in front of the public library. It was so slanted that if you stopped walking (or running) you were destined to fall. So, of course, that was entertaining. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGW_bM1AnF-gekuT1aBdg9wYNIWH-Yci8jl8KVvFGYyMzvszfVuOWZlwy_tHwCkF2U5ae2J0F2InaZlOSdEaMK_RbbWBicHrftH6_O1WuFQP7aW1NEzNS1_uwl7vQbqu9MqLosIyHa1VdB/s2048/26E251C9-1A0D-476D-829A-A33A2FD09628.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGW_bM1AnF-gekuT1aBdg9wYNIWH-Yci8jl8KVvFGYyMzvszfVuOWZlwy_tHwCkF2U5ae2J0F2InaZlOSdEaMK_RbbWBicHrftH6_O1WuFQP7aW1NEzNS1_uwl7vQbqu9MqLosIyHa1VdB/s320/26E251C9-1A0D-476D-829A-A33A2FD09628.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We loved <a href="http://aquiahialla.blogspot.com/2015/04/or-610-mount-hood-and-hood-river.html">Full Sail</a> the last time we were here, and it wasn't until afterwards we learned that Eric's grandfather and great grandfather worked here when it was a cannery. The brewpub is currently closed because of Covid but we walked along the outside. There are still employees inside, with face masks on, making beer but they would wouldn't let us in!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdIH74F_pWX6V34XfD3YBorXkbHM6Ya4J44DoTF52yb4ZB7cmJzj6_u8mI7eNTlzZz3cxXqiy2zbJAo8rtWj2xD_grzyWNu5-CZHwQGhlDPIyN_62FMgUL_uaB5JOlMI4dPxfGAlsBoREP/s2048/747036BE-D58B-4AC5-AC73-80D3A3DE400B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1539" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdIH74F_pWX6V34XfD3YBorXkbHM6Ya4J44DoTF52yb4ZB7cmJzj6_u8mI7eNTlzZz3cxXqiy2zbJAo8rtWj2xD_grzyWNu5-CZHwQGhlDPIyN_62FMgUL_uaB5JOlMI4dPxfGAlsBoREP/s320/747036BE-D58B-4AC5-AC73-80D3A3DE400B.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jeez, this pandemic! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I cannot wait until this is just a story I tell A1 when she is older and has to do a report on coronavirus in middle school.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4KYT8htn08ygvWG8DW-xu8ssnTlUDW0j7FA0ECquOvvZxY1A2L9kZBVperNe2NIHE-f7C4pNTlUelirk8AWSviacnym09ATawQAb54Zw3fWPcw1scilsDtD3ONnkx4aBoWIPQdlBFeJ7L/s2048/B7D969A7-971C-47A5-BC70-D0D585D6A7FF.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4KYT8htn08ygvWG8DW-xu8ssnTlUDW0j7FA0ECquOvvZxY1A2L9kZBVperNe2NIHE-f7C4pNTlUelirk8AWSviacnym09ATawQAb54Zw3fWPcw1scilsDtD3ONnkx4aBoWIPQdlBFeJ7L/s320/B7D969A7-971C-47A5-BC70-D0D585D6A7FF.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We enjoyed Double Mountain Brewery last time as well. You have to love their individual booth seating areas they developed. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6dWtX9rlXJHP8vWRFKQAbJlXlnPpZ2JJDsm6P5qLRRC3Jq3gdXq9xgK_njsRNuW1MRx6HB45vyxfeGY0dfbWNlS6NLs8lbMSJTN1-tp3jzs8ao9bPp3bf0x1Bd0jQRMQDViezmVJyGAiK/s1024/IMG_2500+%2528730x1024%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="730" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6dWtX9rlXJHP8vWRFKQAbJlXlnPpZ2JJDsm6P5qLRRC3Jq3gdXq9xgK_njsRNuW1MRx6HB45vyxfeGY0dfbWNlS6NLs8lbMSJTN1-tp3jzs8ao9bPp3bf0x1Bd0jQRMQDViezmVJyGAiK/s320/IMG_2500+%2528730x1024%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hood River doesn't just have breweries and ice cream, but a ton of history.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hood River became a town in 1856.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">First National Bank was built in 1910.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEije9LZSKng3NlnhLCfgeMDuoT7PmcGA3G9eseV8E7rvFUF01R-8LlQ41po5u9Ql9kzttXF24l2hmPeKgIDi6vQ47UVdnpTR3GxSa6B5s7XCeHudKMbnUoHHIVYYizzQOQa2GZl-RJnP0vm/s2048/270E788E-562E-43E8-B810-22368B9D51EE.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEije9LZSKng3NlnhLCfgeMDuoT7PmcGA3G9eseV8E7rvFUF01R-8LlQ41po5u9Ql9kzttXF24l2hmPeKgIDi6vQ47UVdnpTR3GxSa6B5s7XCeHudKMbnUoHHIVYYizzQOQa2GZl-RJnP0vm/s320/270E788E-562E-43E8-B810-22368B9D51EE.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXDa1fMcF_hqzxIvHl9rGsz3uT5AzpK9Gz7peSiNHiXJ7Y4pcXbAFAjkbo7aIc4yeCuLP02xz5T9fW9_Ute-8y_pA-X4CwIjXBldRHV72VdslbSGWFmd2UdbdcqRTuObiWDi792N3u8u5J/s1024/IMG_2476+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXDa1fMcF_hqzxIvHl9rGsz3uT5AzpK9Gz7peSiNHiXJ7Y4pcXbAFAjkbo7aIc4yeCuLP02xz5T9fW9_Ute-8y_pA-X4CwIjXBldRHV72VdslbSGWFmd2UdbdcqRTuObiWDi792N3u8u5J/s320/IMG_2476+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Independent Order of Oddfellows started making their mark in history in 1819 in Maryland. They sure got around.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtq7yPnkt_o9FgenAc0CxPc_-4yx8h2BOOL5bBbqkqV8gK5_klBOXS9RJa-PmpzRp5sMe_yMiJPo9HN-EEIQJTK0HY9D_t6ne7da_YSk0WXN9_6HRCb4HzIz4vW-Z81JGY5U7nRTQPZO5Y/s2048/BF034853-360B-4546-A5FB-41EBEDE785F2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtq7yPnkt_o9FgenAc0CxPc_-4yx8h2BOOL5bBbqkqV8gK5_klBOXS9RJa-PmpzRp5sMe_yMiJPo9HN-EEIQJTK0HY9D_t6ne7da_YSk0WXN9_6HRCb4HzIz4vW-Z81JGY5U7nRTQPZO5Y/s320/BF034853-360B-4546-A5FB-41EBEDE785F2.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This 1912 First Congregational Church reminds me of something you would see in Bruges.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">But not as amazing as this little human.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nothing compares.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYDzD1JigkjLrAVfIH7ukinzYr0aUui7vxrdvo2GJJESCksn1QWIllnGiZVANmGHWe4qZ9IRG-3CX7a0v2DK1L0sO0xX6T2PRPUn00wKWTBMEYxfib93dy6M2qZa-7VgZAS6Xg0skckBxo/s2048/B12F880D-1868-4072-BC9D-073C996E6C76.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1539" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYDzD1JigkjLrAVfIH7ukinzYr0aUui7vxrdvo2GJJESCksn1QWIllnGiZVANmGHWe4qZ9IRG-3CX7a0v2DK1L0sO0xX6T2PRPUn00wKWTBMEYxfib93dy6M2qZa-7VgZAS6Xg0skckBxo/s320/B12F880D-1868-4072-BC9D-073C996E6C76.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our to-go dinner at a picnic table in front of our hotel included dinner and a show.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiocw9XfJooHO5IOgT8-vDyjYBSYJLSMz8nHS0MX2mi8iaIatt1IKg7rfqwJ2LkRHUCNxBnK0OVs7xpmhrGD5j4Y_-XdJ6qkmfZEXYMlFTN0TqsYUMQZx4SqTkp-IAqRS9iTT_OUggvb4Uy/s1024/IMG_2516+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiocw9XfJooHO5IOgT8-vDyjYBSYJLSMz8nHS0MX2mi8iaIatt1IKg7rfqwJ2LkRHUCNxBnK0OVs7xpmhrGD5j4Y_-XdJ6qkmfZEXYMlFTN0TqsYUMQZx4SqTkp-IAqRS9iTT_OUggvb4Uy/s320/IMG_2516+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Because of this Hood River is the kiteboarding capital of the world. Despite it's title we still couldn't believe how many people were kiteboarding! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Who knew kiteboarding was still a thing? I thought it died out in the 90s.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And this is why we travel, to learn how other people live.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next thing you know we will stumble upon a pog championship!</div>Four Points Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784760816019923342noreply@blogger.com1Hood River, OR 97031, USA45.7067985 -121.52808717.396566712444759 -156.68433431779098 74.01703028755523 -86.371839682209014tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213724682902859333.post-1354020216308558112020-07-22T21:43:00.002-07:002020-07-22T21:43:52.371-07:00The West (Day 18)- Fort Astoria<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPgZE5WKGK6GNEm2aPi4eES7bDt4pNSVuabnlVT6N_WRoM-gOEge5XhMCbXglE_v8jC1TXK7OW7kc9DX28QwdQ92cOV4hDH944GSyDRF42lXxZKJZoxjlGIF0XHgJg1lroxx2WixR7jTaa/s1024/IMG_2352+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPgZE5WKGK6GNEm2aPi4eES7bDt4pNSVuabnlVT6N_WRoM-gOEge5XhMCbXglE_v8jC1TXK7OW7kc9DX28QwdQ92cOV4hDH944GSyDRF42lXxZKJZoxjlGIF0XHgJg1lroxx2WixR7jTaa/s320/IMG_2352+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When we were in Astoria a few years back we really enjoyed the flight of beers we indulged in at <a href="http://aquiahialla.blogspot.com/2015/03/or-210-fort-clatsop-and-fort-stevens.html">Fort George Brewery</a>. Little did we know that on the back side of this beautiful 1924 building is Fort George (better known as Fort Astoria). The painted green lines on the ground represent where the 1811 fort used to stand.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpNo9FP2-kgbrChuvrAKSuhn8Oq8TDwIK_Baivl4GeadtkFkcFEXkprjZBUWDtR2QN1Bz29pjFB3WtCAB_qScPfU97DH-PTWy0TM4Xk3Kb-TYUHfoO_8GAyzJn0cZlbn5gcFNXCcjJTZvR/s1024/IMG_2329+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpNo9FP2-kgbrChuvrAKSuhn8Oq8TDwIK_Baivl4GeadtkFkcFEXkprjZBUWDtR2QN1Bz29pjFB3WtCAB_qScPfU97DH-PTWy0TM4Xk3Kb-TYUHfoO_8GAyzJn0cZlbn5gcFNXCcjJTZvR/s320/IMG_2329+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now there is a small replica of the fort.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlVx9bzxxo6iu4vXDNMP8oSGoVXRuuO72rNUQJWEfdU6tIBEL2uG8_j6f_csGl0rVtMHR22G_UpYaB1kILp_TcBfV9LAJSB6eBXwoGd8uEDYwdS3oMkCk-4WaV5Ste-NKDwhqJMo0MRbvJ/s2048/44AC8C6B-3395-4E97-A119-F0945EE76BCC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlVx9bzxxo6iu4vXDNMP8oSGoVXRuuO72rNUQJWEfdU6tIBEL2uG8_j6f_csGl0rVtMHR22G_UpYaB1kILp_TcBfV9LAJSB6eBXwoGd8uEDYwdS3oMkCk-4WaV5Ste-NKDwhqJMo0MRbvJ/s320/44AC8C6B-3395-4E97-A119-F0945EE76BCC.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fort Astoria (the fur trading post for Astor's Pacific Fur Company) was the first American owned settlement on the Pacific coast of North America.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKHJgX1e4hDwj8_zDPuwOkEcD54tYyqJCLBrKpTB7ZY3KZLXDhEdpNeeW-1a6i0hgllfbzXDqW6v4JsnFHUQcPhbGQQq9CJEz-ekdzocMTnOgsl_j0PW4myXp3Vg9QKza1OIVvm86OSX6w/s1024/IMG_2349+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKHJgX1e4hDwj8_zDPuwOkEcD54tYyqJCLBrKpTB7ZY3KZLXDhEdpNeeW-1a6i0hgllfbzXDqW6v4JsnFHUQcPhbGQQq9CJEz-ekdzocMTnOgsl_j0PW4myXp3Vg9QKza1OIVvm86OSX6w/s320/IMG_2349+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After the War of 1812 the officers of Fort Astoria decided (felt it necessary) to sell the fort/business to a British company, and they renamed the fort Fort George, after King George III.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7nw13KPI-gxlerKGN7qE1241uWl-AuAm3-jMmu1nIytKT7ZNfaQ70sQZH_jxgA5NGXlaerI0fcqyj8-eSsW1cWwnxl_oY-0MgJJ-lAOmaUUfmGD2bN9mPf7VRjxFj0YEbUYiFF-UTR62l/s1024/IMG_2343+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7nw13KPI-gxlerKGN7qE1241uWl-AuAm3-jMmu1nIytKT7ZNfaQ70sQZH_jxgA5NGXlaerI0fcqyj8-eSsW1cWwnxl_oY-0MgJJ-lAOmaUUfmGD2bN9mPf7VRjxFj0YEbUYiFF-UTR62l/s320/IMG_2343+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If there is a dog (real or not) there is a happy child.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQhAG92QBU6Q_JzUPK9Vrzev4obW-EVibG88csJBybilW3zUZu-0wwRw1Yg22wjotI50DrVL3w8hTQzfqCy74jtDZeRjqbJGSmrcUmD8eX3s3LgU6JI3-VEYIWyqdlOgjeO8I9aelAwU-H/s2048/6EAAF711-AF88-442F-8613-3E75B5314E0D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQhAG92QBU6Q_JzUPK9Vrzev4obW-EVibG88csJBybilW3zUZu-0wwRw1Yg22wjotI50DrVL3w8hTQzfqCy74jtDZeRjqbJGSmrcUmD8eX3s3LgU6JI3-VEYIWyqdlOgjeO8I9aelAwU-H/s320/6EAAF711-AF88-442F-8613-3E75B5314E0D.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After the fort we went to the Astoria Column. This was not was I was expecting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I didn't think it would be so nice!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMvFoB7a1r7rcIvB89_A7zd3zXkzXSZRD3n6LsrYUhAjSFzecL7-d3HgIydBZiSTXF_D0NUG-kz5AjxRSLfcN87o1s442Fn3iD0aKJRtON9k73ldIDb7IZsZpi-RUpiSbXX1k6MogbZnhP/s1024/IMG_2426+%2528683x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="683" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMvFoB7a1r7rcIvB89_A7zd3zXkzXSZRD3n6LsrYUhAjSFzecL7-d3HgIydBZiSTXF_D0NUG-kz5AjxRSLfcN87o1s442Fn3iD0aKJRtON9k73ldIDb7IZsZpi-RUpiSbXX1k6MogbZnhP/s320/IMG_2426+%2528683x1024%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The 125 foot column was erected in 1926, explaining/depicting Astoria's history.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi59CED3ad_Dlmm0AjAglFhhlXrbzeW9RVX2IcBXLZapuVucR6ZEolXN7auZAiKH_wQ2S7nfrtfxHDjsdxvuv7vL3NluoaVkNTq_qCKwRQ9JZidcYtCq5EVpdN8Gl6d8rQMmCgD_MoTxd1L/s2048/11C97ECC-B89D-48CE-B231-C104A097A1D2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1497" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi59CED3ad_Dlmm0AjAglFhhlXrbzeW9RVX2IcBXLZapuVucR6ZEolXN7auZAiKH_wQ2S7nfrtfxHDjsdxvuv7vL3NluoaVkNTq_qCKwRQ9JZidcYtCq5EVpdN8Gl6d8rQMmCgD_MoTxd1L/s320/11C97ECC-B89D-48CE-B231-C104A097A1D2.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjGoFc4HWvTQga4vudJJ7r9KoXXlSJJjk1wF-SYV2y9e8L5dNl8t8ow3xAIwelmejYqiPcn8RwjcXAK76FPdzju5mw-OA2H2HOuVlLou1EwrtFQFE_VUH-xUMpyvxroLcdOPKw_k9hoh7K/s1024/IMG_2425+%2528683x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="683" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjGoFc4HWvTQga4vudJJ7r9KoXXlSJJjk1wF-SYV2y9e8L5dNl8t8ow3xAIwelmejYqiPcn8RwjcXAK76FPdzju5mw-OA2H2HOuVlLou1EwrtFQFE_VUH-xUMpyvxroLcdOPKw_k9hoh7K/s320/IMG_2425+%2528683x1024%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The murals are beautiful but even more beautiful are the views. In a non-Covid world you could climb to the top to add 125 feet to the view. But we will take what we can get.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyXANR8Y8XyG6LbFpmrw5veCYJfWiRz86vhhjZF6L3Ky0FGnZgOVWKzIomTByJlMi73Oy2A0jJld7WetAyFMZhd8USbAfzanMaJ0LeleBw69DAe3vo_9etDIkJo3Few_oW87e1KmIlF9g6/s1024/IMG_2418+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyXANR8Y8XyG6LbFpmrw5veCYJfWiRz86vhhjZF6L3Ky0FGnZgOVWKzIomTByJlMi73Oy2A0jJld7WetAyFMZhd8USbAfzanMaJ0LeleBw69DAe3vo_9etDIkJo3Few_oW87e1KmIlF9g6/s320/IMG_2418+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_CR22Cwij_VRVNtcfLi9W5tE3xxQ7_R29RPgVKFb6n8eDqYxirscWmppVxEJZy9rogQB3p69pK7iHeju9NVo5tqoqJGMltEIx9Lh3fXQ9Zsg3EHIfGRfVilVpXG4BioLk3YKRK_6RtZfG/s2048/66C6C433-4449-4E83-B071-27D82A127E7F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">It is pretty much a 360 degree view, especially since the weather was so nice today.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ0I8Yy6WtF04-l8VMUv7MxqtmDwTIW34TRLPXxdgcWjeM1mU3JxEZ9SZ8dDcGqqNWDK9ZH1QmBwdhBbAl1MpEB0vP93addNFXbXQzND6jcS89r4Y7Bak9MLWe24aQXCrZ5NX-JZb4PgnG/s2965/1C966DF4-81CC-4CD6-810E-E0F86761F4B5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1061" data-original-width="2965" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ0I8Yy6WtF04-l8VMUv7MxqtmDwTIW34TRLPXxdgcWjeM1mU3JxEZ9SZ8dDcGqqNWDK9ZH1QmBwdhBbAl1MpEB0vP93addNFXbXQzND6jcS89r4Y7Bak9MLWe24aQXCrZ5NX-JZb4PgnG/s320/1C966DF4-81CC-4CD6-810E-E0F86761F4B5.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG0ec3YZznH-A_x3Sr2u5g2o335igi8-Zmll6lYHlz0ONXAEN1th_cd3085dNVJ0P_B2FE7le9vBMbqFsk2BqTzMd1J1lcSjyaGcw3HVCK2TTVL5Wnf3Y8bi37Dkory-MTOO6eqvC2H8qC/s1024/IMG_2358+%25281024x595%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG0ec3YZznH-A_x3Sr2u5g2o335igi8-Zmll6lYHlz0ONXAEN1th_cd3085dNVJ0P_B2FE7le9vBMbqFsk2BqTzMd1J1lcSjyaGcw3HVCK2TTVL5Wnf3Y8bi37Dkory-MTOO6eqvC2H8qC/s320/IMG_2358+%25281024x595%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am sure we will be back (not only is it pretty but because the more we go, the more we save (the $5 parking pass is good for the rest of the year).</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Four Points Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784760816019923342noreply@blogger.com1Astoria, OR 97103, USA46.1878841 -123.831253417.877652312444759 -158.98750071779097 74.49811588755523 -88.675006082209009tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213724682902859333.post-77405939310453497812020-07-21T21:03:00.003-07:002020-07-21T21:07:51.782-07:00The West (Day 17)- Twilight Eagle Sanctuary <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5mLujyFKFJJI7c6nXtfqjWIXd2-pQa1xuI0TvgwjfICsPh_8f3Ow5dAFooiE9F3MnmkDypCeTjRdPOORJ2KVfWHGOy3wrcx3CmzB1ViqMrI3yrV7qExCGBgpSbsZSxicO1jGeJ6d33o-U/s1024/IMG_2311+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5mLujyFKFJJI7c6nXtfqjWIXd2-pQa1xuI0TvgwjfICsPh_8f3Ow5dAFooiE9F3MnmkDypCeTjRdPOORJ2KVfWHGOy3wrcx3CmzB1ViqMrI3yrV7qExCGBgpSbsZSxicO1jGeJ6d33o-U/s320/IMG_2311+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One mile from our house is Twilight Eagle Sanctuary.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is nothing more than a deck to view Cathlamet Bay in the Columbia River, with some informational placards posted. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1136" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVhtO3POZltAU4QCgfHIp7uBJ7VKw_S9-PrqK-O39RnZ4h5UvqOEmQZtYYXB-cUl8TuWTZo4OBBoPJdpWc-PN9zGEt_K0yLsr6ExyymCaAQngMXT9a7gzc3MJakkKkmDX2wpTJjATR8HVH/s320/5F533130-B416-4184-8F3B-3D43B46385DE.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Although we didn't see any eagles, I am not about to give this place a poor review. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It isn't a zoo, it is just a place in the outdoors that tends to have more bald eagles than other places.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">People have very high expectations, I guess. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiELvC4ZH11N2hJYl3jJ-rZvwZBxCRiSi2-TscfDtUOoaZ4_1zJVd_JNWq1vblOp4xxMKHxOJL9vdvUlkQVc4Jwuur7S6JkoOzcun0aYbOXCWWM3YFPqOv0GpgLyE_94nCdYPbSJs5zyzGq/s1024/IMG_2315+%25281024x732%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiELvC4ZH11N2hJYl3jJ-rZvwZBxCRiSi2-TscfDtUOoaZ4_1zJVd_JNWq1vblOp4xxMKHxOJL9vdvUlkQVc4Jwuur7S6JkoOzcun0aYbOXCWWM3YFPqOv0GpgLyE_94nCdYPbSJs5zyzGq/s320/IMG_2315+%25281024x732%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Right now it has a lot of Canada geese.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE-XaiBkFL6kI33FEet7ETrcN6v53nL_JdHhQ9RXEtNImUm-VOu-StPZFzbw8QA_90WPmVqy5NLX14wkLzbcOZsMBHq1qzcBa1Q0yP3Gut0orSVycs4Y26-G6o5XBYFci-aVbrT7bdO24y/s1024/IMG_2317+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE-XaiBkFL6kI33FEet7ETrcN6v53nL_JdHhQ9RXEtNImUm-VOu-StPZFzbw8QA_90WPmVqy5NLX14wkLzbcOZsMBHq1qzcBa1Q0yP3Gut0orSVycs4Y26-G6o5XBYFci-aVbrT7bdO24y/s320/IMG_2317+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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They aren't as majestic, but A1 doesn't care.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She likes anything that moves.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNqDxZDPjM1PO-6t4KknQdkIKfQWqCxNOqALsK4Dj9n5pesbtb9gcGTiprWVC6tOMlokePkpNfkh3wB3y40HzWgYnN8eOduOGqaNltg8WjEsXdUcWgWIwmCUzKBrQArMySOzSDXmjAPJgI/s1024/IMG_2321+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNqDxZDPjM1PO-6t4KknQdkIKfQWqCxNOqALsK4Dj9n5pesbtb9gcGTiprWVC6tOMlokePkpNfkh3wB3y40HzWgYnN8eOduOGqaNltg8WjEsXdUcWgWIwmCUzKBrQArMySOzSDXmjAPJgI/s320/IMG_2321+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEhZr_offt5xPReVyToj1znyvhgo3BrMqh0V1mz30Mac9ANKvHENDBRqQbyrlsc9sSqvcz_i7d75FqOsKmrz5ECQevon4fKOYhGGPUaT8BfkP1IlJLHCCxvNpty79MWV95xlrmtGxHQf1C/s2048/5A3ED536-F3A0-43A1-8F3A-ED9AF7CBA281.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">We will be on the lookout for our national emblem. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We have nothing but time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Time, three pairs of eyes, and high hopes.</div>Four Points Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784760816019923342noreply@blogger.com1Twilight Eagle Sanctuary, E Columbia River Hwy, Astoria, OR 97103, USA46.1682141 -123.699357217.857982312444761 -158.855604517791 74.478445887555239 -88.543109882209009tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213724682902859333.post-76840869936471236752020-07-20T22:11:00.002-07:002020-07-21T20:35:21.738-07:00The West (Day 16)- Astoria, OR<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSqI7d-jeMbZ5T20yXPUKFTmGGt26jT9YrWWreJaFuEGsE-TXuos9Q_YfXjVmv3s93GYXZYAKGR8Zr0FpKRTmyuYoRmLWiwPJa_i_9VVpFAVJucMXQh4sWPO-SLVSIaIZnYbyW9p8w51__/s1024/IMG_2268+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSqI7d-jeMbZ5T20yXPUKFTmGGt26jT9YrWWreJaFuEGsE-TXuos9Q_YfXjVmv3s93GYXZYAKGR8Zr0FpKRTmyuYoRmLWiwPJa_i_9VVpFAVJucMXQh4sWPO-SLVSIaIZnYbyW9p8w51__/s320/IMG_2268+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Doe, a deer, a female deer, watching me brush my teeth in the morning... 🎝</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(This girl was on our lawn when we woke up.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipY6PHpssmlag1CLcdQAQyj8h7n0xuA_PFSkEiiiEPkVw97Qppzd7hvRwZepErW1EVUgeEUifvoCBY33pg9JY61ld6KttsiEDIQ6te-i6efbPWJzWWRJda0CM2GHM55mCO4cbvX6eQ-TSC/s2048/CCDF5916-D98F-41A7-BA3D-10C042068614.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Buck, a deer, a male deer, with his tongue hanging out... 🎝</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Two deer in one day, not bad.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe5PKjG2liMTvaaD6oS8PvHQ45BgGRvkPLV7xxA-4Q_QJ_xWoCsOrTNgV4Njrwp0aemwrdpC4X-8ERcR3NcYEfCVJXcLOoDFKFVyF8zDTc5Idj9hR_XQPBQwLVRPwwjaMgLtuz6VAPe0Wq/s1024/IMG_2309+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe5PKjG2liMTvaaD6oS8PvHQ45BgGRvkPLV7xxA-4Q_QJ_xWoCsOrTNgV4Njrwp0aemwrdpC4X-8ERcR3NcYEfCVJXcLOoDFKFVyF8zDTc5Idj9hR_XQPBQwLVRPwwjaMgLtuz6VAPe0Wq/s320/IMG_2309+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am sorry officer, I didn't see the stop sign...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglObqNVxND1fXMhn16gZRBZ7VyTvnHr9DEXHDG3O0Ied9NnsLxmskyn8HlqWEOD5-AsGFkZdXVCDYlPPAH-5oDjdPFxNySvV8i33yNg3kKM0FEgdDjHGXKgDs59TGIuFb767STUOzsdAju/s2048/E0C4D269-C4AC-47FA-B68D-463348AE3A10.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglObqNVxND1fXMhn16gZRBZ7VyTvnHr9DEXHDG3O0Ied9NnsLxmskyn8HlqWEOD5-AsGFkZdXVCDYlPPAH-5oDjdPFxNySvV8i33yNg3kKM0FEgdDjHGXKgDs59TGIuFb767STUOzsdAju/s320/E0C4D269-C4AC-47FA-B68D-463348AE3A10.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrkwQQsF5aI7yaDBGhg2lvzM_hyn1liA-RjvlvikXlk5nRkC2OuTUBRrreHDFv64c84HOHMFMw240QOkBxpJahe5woq9eZLrEEiAfe3IwHmgakg-PqEwX4QCAnjyLI1hYoW9olurlhTlPj/s2048/1C063283-ADC0-4415-97F2-DDF3F872F90E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">So many of the houses we saw today are listed on the National Registry of Historic Places.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The John Hobson house was built in 1863.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjmTkkeF_FXlchAfvZ5Rosbt2SkIDJI4O4Kofp1MdNGbnhrSpeBVnPfSms7XLssQToQc9raU0tWGKFrgW5y1teP-OJqu0Ciwc84cdipHMWom9Jqilt-f71OxmO_SCrMynlst1a2w578ZwF/s2048/E3B1741C-0BE9-4604-A988-723B9528BD21.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjmTkkeF_FXlchAfvZ5Rosbt2SkIDJI4O4Kofp1MdNGbnhrSpeBVnPfSms7XLssQToQc9raU0tWGKFrgW5y1teP-OJqu0Ciwc84cdipHMWom9Jqilt-f71OxmO_SCrMynlst1a2w578ZwF/s320/E3B1741C-0BE9-4604-A988-723B9528BD21.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Haha.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja2oderZ5mtK0jiRDvCH7hJCf9rzGXarzOQhttT61o7QgHFNgbBevPKogN8xLXDRmb9LhhLID5TWZdAga02gpV483y7p6dbLBqfnFZuNATJ2_qsryc2HmJ6AFDgaxguDJtSKMupuFecVl2/s2048/C346C134-DFA9-4D2A-9303-8F1F9FA8F5D7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja2oderZ5mtK0jiRDvCH7hJCf9rzGXarzOQhttT61o7QgHFNgbBevPKogN8xLXDRmb9LhhLID5TWZdAga02gpV483y7p6dbLBqfnFZuNATJ2_qsryc2HmJ6AFDgaxguDJtSKMupuFecVl2/s320/C346C134-DFA9-4D2A-9303-8F1F9FA8F5D7.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsvn2xaMcKgj5DyO7FeW8zqkiZWirYgIm4TK4noTRZBOVknFEWrUMXtR8XUszoceQkhKHCnLkI2G51q9VlA7H2200s154OBxWkBJyYWqslyZRU4ADdDlhDIi3YRn8YFIQGzJo5ioENGQy_/s2048/EBA8D03B-1942-4545-95D3-3336B80F5CF3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsvn2xaMcKgj5DyO7FeW8zqkiZWirYgIm4TK4noTRZBOVknFEWrUMXtR8XUszoceQkhKHCnLkI2G51q9VlA7H2200s154OBxWkBJyYWqslyZRU4ADdDlhDIi3YRn8YFIQGzJo5ioENGQy_/s320/EBA8D03B-1942-4545-95D3-3336B80F5CF3.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM6CU5ICnIl87ORvUsba8w5wFVifvaJRc0V2ls3MMuNhUs6RZFaR_Ivw3JtqOmjZ1OIom_ECEKtUsgTqcJqJvYjZBzeaN12BdOEFek-z47nqFzWKTD9dpsohJzDPVOt1iwIkzU7B-ugngi/s2048/24102043-FA4A-4B39-BACA-F1FA320DA31D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM6CU5ICnIl87ORvUsba8w5wFVifvaJRc0V2ls3MMuNhUs6RZFaR_Ivw3JtqOmjZ1OIom_ECEKtUsgTqcJqJvYjZBzeaN12BdOEFek-z47nqFzWKTD9dpsohJzDPVOt1iwIkzU7B-ugngi/s320/24102043-FA4A-4B39-BACA-F1FA320DA31D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This house needs a little TLC. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But I would love to see the inside.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_PEcsPQoYBptpamE0kSYdsTA8stAWNG2q_alf3iyZdf3n0HX2SWdD8kIgoprOH1mzGurM5QRLZQoYq-jRJ63XTa6yUVq_l09TYW9Rvkr5lf6iTBAhSxb3FwUzD9z5Oxk6GUFnWwtCfxGK/s1024/IMG_2306+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_PEcsPQoYBptpamE0kSYdsTA8stAWNG2q_alf3iyZdf3n0HX2SWdD8kIgoprOH1mzGurM5QRLZQoYq-jRJ63XTa6yUVq_l09TYW9Rvkr5lf6iTBAhSxb3FwUzD9z5Oxk6GUFnWwtCfxGK/s320/IMG_2306+%25281024x683%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzgEDNFaPGA2qBDb9kApt6JLyDBXOSuafBPrHJwQ8Pj1CXXzWqr0pslae8rbQvZfaPS6D3fUx-ijqGspGS_3dD7hJnpEHmu90K1fXcQbsRyaT8s3FulAVEZX6TAOjDHyk0p7_KYEw_yEX6/s2048/E062FE90-EAED-40AA-9208-9AE3DB8D7BE0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzgEDNFaPGA2qBDb9kApt6JLyDBXOSuafBPrHJwQ8Pj1CXXzWqr0pslae8rbQvZfaPS6D3fUx-ijqGspGS_3dD7hJnpEHmu90K1fXcQbsRyaT8s3FulAVEZX6TAOjDHyk0p7_KYEw_yEX6/s320/E062FE90-EAED-40AA-9208-9AE3DB8D7BE0.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Flaval house was built in 1884 for a sea captain. Captain George Flaval was one of Astoria's most influential citizens.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixaGlP25wzGjnHxFvv3-pWxoYnJe5QKZmAKMyQ9xtIJDgfzRIuw5CBCfY3yGr4NCcKGcxx0JiRkm-BRMs8_RyRrHcCjTYC8aeoUbZaCylqaX_KjAgpmeKjpcED7VJAlNGhfnNAxYfn9BXM/s2048/8282637B-EC96-4CE5-821F-3D15B78F45E0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixaGlP25wzGjnHxFvv3-pWxoYnJe5QKZmAKMyQ9xtIJDgfzRIuw5CBCfY3yGr4NCcKGcxx0JiRkm-BRMs8_RyRrHcCjTYC8aeoUbZaCylqaX_KjAgpmeKjpcED7VJAlNGhfnNAxYfn9BXM/s320/8282637B-EC96-4CE5-821F-3D15B78F45E0.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Flaval house is now a museum. Although we did not go inside the museum, we enjoyed the heck out of the outside. We took over this underused picnic table to eat our lunch.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwXFgYZ666tL-pIgo7oAf_Uaw9S4zwR1a88wsrhaTels1RZZ16MomXIijYLyYOQmZZFNq1dGNXBJJP2-aH-DDdptmLLeiWUYv_xMCXiBW0mYB96MEhzsqHa9OBDwGTLiaLy7Z4Kdvh8zYO/s2048/83933705-46AA-483A-AA84-D3F1DC0FBD36.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwXFgYZ666tL-pIgo7oAf_Uaw9S4zwR1a88wsrhaTels1RZZ16MomXIijYLyYOQmZZFNq1dGNXBJJP2-aH-DDdptmLLeiWUYv_xMCXiBW0mYB96MEhzsqHa9OBDwGTLiaLy7Z4Kdvh8zYO/s320/83933705-46AA-483A-AA84-D3F1DC0FBD36.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A1 and I hung out on the grounds while Eric went to Custard King.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGNouBpa1vLXFqnBS92rCT7mA8zo7lgIrHeiUAkLmuauhmEpRCdj-cfzPo0GCW-_MSqJE2LNfu_Dw7RTJvC5VLU1o1HY7UQGkceUvA9gQ1ZwHtam3iURGu4sIWO8Qwi6C7dmCgnFi_WSzR/s903/IMG_6838+%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="903" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGNouBpa1vLXFqnBS92rCT7mA8zo7lgIrHeiUAkLmuauhmEpRCdj-cfzPo0GCW-_MSqJE2LNfu_Dw7RTJvC5VLU1o1HY7UQGkceUvA9gQ1ZwHtam3iURGu4sIWO8Qwi6C7dmCgnFi_WSzR/s320/IMG_6838+%25282%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXnKrTdRBMDk8Gdf1VfL1ZnDEEUxAqZ6Mqva8r_o0eYoLe128TEm5M6rZjqxB-layffqn70PZQg_EwSEVklwdvlp7CIpF0t20Ae2PC2F3w4FM2ilu-Yj_QAGNIHq8zj7t6EmwYPB5AXNXo/s2048/34CA875A-B217-4D9C-A15D-98B3D8FA7C3A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXnKrTdRBMDk8Gdf1VfL1ZnDEEUxAqZ6Mqva8r_o0eYoLe128TEm5M6rZjqxB-layffqn70PZQg_EwSEVklwdvlp7CIpF0t20Ae2PC2F3w4FM2ilu-Yj_QAGNIHq8zj7t6EmwYPB5AXNXo/s320/34CA875A-B217-4D9C-A15D-98B3D8FA7C3A.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I/we got a homemade lemon curd frozen custard milkshake. It was divine.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW5wwns_1gz7umm8LntsXa3pWmkKF0XQBQk72BDKD6_quTxmHjG7TcQJBFek-mKeka7mkLZDpDtvYbBMztermmypcSzBv1zda5-ncQ62a25aF0jLQ2hqynAFE70f8jGxc0EoN4uYkMRhvJ/s2048/A9F7DE18-F184-44A8-86A3-21598BC3D77B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW5wwns_1gz7umm8LntsXa3pWmkKF0XQBQk72BDKD6_quTxmHjG7TcQJBFek-mKeka7mkLZDpDtvYbBMztermmypcSzBv1zda5-ncQ62a25aF0jLQ2hqynAFE70f8jGxc0EoN4uYkMRhvJ/s320/A9F7DE18-F184-44A8-86A3-21598BC3D77B.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had to get the fish and chips, again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rogue is still the winner.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These fish were cod and not halibut, so they were a bit fishy. So fishy, in fact, that Eric doesn't think he will ever eat fish again (and he never ate fish before so that is saying something).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCtN4CuacixZHR3Gx5gejPEngRHMC0zVMBuBkNkZ9525hRBp2qqg463JTURbWEgY56UzlNhc4BgSG56O4MxlKYY3-PYZpfqrbEs8iQrdmYvKRNK-9JW2qV0TKdo7fN7hruC8Jf2cjzBicr/s2048/D3C9CAD4-3532-41C0-ADE2-E5552F66B4AE.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCtN4CuacixZHR3Gx5gejPEngRHMC0zVMBuBkNkZ9525hRBp2qqg463JTURbWEgY56UzlNhc4BgSG56O4MxlKYY3-PYZpfqrbEs8iQrdmYvKRNK-9JW2qV0TKdo7fN7hruC8Jf2cjzBicr/s320/D3C9CAD4-3532-41C0-ADE2-E5552F66B4AE.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I guess it is all on us to find the best fish and chips.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZnVTJXupL-2D5en5yXj6FeLQqq3VdhyGumGNHH3h7iYZpwxatGZmuiyNh9HKiULsyAciq7sXYe1uee7EqALGjp34bLTjRbqQ-mb2n2mdQJjdyvuR-yk2cjNA3NgjVZrGgR0ZGc8LNKxTE/s2048/8931FF71-B34C-4175-A626-487DCF62B0D7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1539" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZnVTJXupL-2D5en5yXj6FeLQqq3VdhyGumGNHH3h7iYZpwxatGZmuiyNh9HKiULsyAciq7sXYe1uee7EqALGjp34bLTjRbqQ-mb2n2mdQJjdyvuR-yk2cjNA3NgjVZrGgR0ZGc8LNKxTE/s320/8931FF71-B34C-4175-A626-487DCF62B0D7.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am sure we just scratched the surface of the oldest U.S. city on the west coast, but you have to start somewhere.</div>Four Points Bulletinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784760816019923342noreply@blogger.com1Astoria, OR 97103, USA46.1878841 -123.831253417.877652312444759 -158.98750071779097 74.49811588755523 -88.675006082209009