After leaving Nehalem Bay State Park in Manzanita, OR, we headed north to Astoria. Astoria is located at the mouth of the Columbia River, and along with the neighboring towns of Warrenton and Hammond, is a good place to see ships traveling to and from the Pacific Ocean. There's lots to see and do in Astoria, and we never get tired of visiting. In this case, we had just been there a couple of weeks ago, but this time we camped and explored with our friends, Tom and Cindi.
On Thursday, we saw this ship, the Great Success, a transport ship registered in Hong Kong, which was anchored in the river. 
The Astoria bridge--still being painted!
On Friday, the four of us visited the Bumble Bee Tuna museum. Before moving its headquarters to San Diego, Bumble Bee got its start in 1875 in Astoria. 
Located at Pier 39 in Astoria, the free museum is a work in progress and had displays showing many of the aspects of fish cannery.
In addition to the cannery museum, Pier 39 now features a Rogue Brewpub, a coffee shop, several businesses, as well as some offices. 
We had lunch at Doogers Seafood Restaurant and I can report that the food, decor, service, and cleanliness at the Warrenton Doogers were all excellent. Their clam chowder was runny and I prefer thick chowder, but it tasted delicious.
Then we headed to the Hammond Marina to watch our ship come in. Well, it wasn't exactly "our" ship, but we enjoyed seeing it come around the bend and heading towards the Astoria bridge.
The Hanjin Paris, with all its containers, was headed to Portland, Oregon. 
On Saturday morning, we crossed over the Astoria bridge into Washington and went to Ilwaco's Saturday Market and ate lunch at Chico's Pizza in Long Beach. We also visited (twice) a private membership RV park in Ilwaco called Safari Association.
Approaching the bridge from the Oregon side.
Ilwaco Saturday Market 
Entertainment at the Market.
All too soon, it was time to leave Astoria, the Oregon and Washington coasts, and head for home!
Love the header photo...what a hoot.
ReplyDeleteWe love Astoria. How in the heck did we miss this museum...and free? We were at Pier 39 too.
We did the tasting at the Rogue Brew Pub. They give huge tastes. I am not a beer drinker but Paul is. We actually bought a few beers to bring back to Ohio for our daughter and her boyfriend to try.
Marsha, the Bumble Bee museum is fairly new, I think. We saw an article about it in the chamber of commerce magazine. Even now, it’s easy to miss. We had to look around and finally saw a small sign above the door that said “museum”. It’s quite large once you get inside, but nothing is labeled, which would have made it easier to picture the cannery process. It seems like the museum is a work in progress.
DeleteNow this would be my kind of quirky place. But I sure don't remember it from when we were there so maybe it is new. Must see next time we're out that way.
ReplyDeleteWhat a neat museum!! I buy the Bumble Bee Tuna all the time! Glad you got to visit with good friends and enjoy your time in Astoria!!
ReplyDeleteThat is a very long bridge...would love to cross it. :-)
Definitely an area we need to get too:)
ReplyDeletebum bum bumble bee tuna! nice that you got and explored!! looks like it is still windy on the coast!
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