RETIREMENT ROAD TOUR #1

AZVAJKU · 2025-09-06T04:28:26+0100

Found a cool ‘Bottle Shop’ in town.

AZVAJKU · 2025-09-06T04:30:13+0100

Seaside was the end of the Lewis and Clark expedition.

AZVAJKU · 2025-09-06T17:08:21+0100

Hit the beach this morning for some beach combing.

The water is very cold

AZVAJKU · 2025-09-06T17:22:14+0100

Found this guy. Still alive so we put him back.

Traciehue · 2025-09-06T19:57:00+0100

OverlanderJK said:
Voodoo donuts is the only way when in Oregon.

I love Voodoo donuts. They have a place in the Nashville airport now. These donuts were extremely good, however.

Andy5160 · 2025-09-06T23:30:03+0100

AZVAJKU said:
Found this guy. Still alive so we put him back.

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Weed cooky??

AZVAJKU · 2025-09-07T03:30:18+0100

After beach combing we headed up to where the Columbia River separates Oregon from Washington and pours into the Pacific.

Upon crossing the Astoria Bridge we are now in Washington.

Although it’s largely considered vandalism I still find some of the stickers entertaining.

AZVAJKU · 2025-09-07T03:32:54+0100

Near the above sign is also a location that Lewis and Clark visited. More specifically they spent several miserable nights here trying not to die at a place now called Dismal Nitch.

Dismal Nitch (U.S. National Park Service)

www.nps.gov

kevman65 · 2025-09-07T03:40:00+0100

Did you have to switch to an EV Jeep and start wearing a man bun to visit up there?

AZVAJKU · 2025-09-07T03:46:52+0100

Another lost piece of history is all the locations of coastal defense facilities consisting of large cannons guarding strategic ports and sea lanes.

SHORT HISTORY - Coast Defense Study Group

A SHORT HISTORY Harbor Defenses of the United States of America Fort Delaware State Park, Delaware City, DE It has been a basic military policy of most nations to secure their borders against possible attack through the construction of defensive fortifications. Except for an attack from Canada...

cdsg.org

Coastal defense

www.nwcouncil.org

Both sides of the Columbia River mouth have these.

Fort Canby in Washington

Fort Canby - Coast Defense Study Group

Fort Canby Location (military name): Fort Canby Harbor: Columbia River Location: Cape Disappointment Years active military: 1852-1947 Named for : Brevet Major General Edward R.S. Canby, killed by Modoc Indians, Lava Beds, CA, Apr. 3, 1873, G.O. 5, June 28, 1875 Fort Canby 1937 Garrison area 1910...

cdsg.org

Fort Stevens in Oregon