Saturday we went to the Columbia Maritime Museum in Astoria (one of the freebies for being a member of the zoo). It was a very interesting and informative museum. It’s amazing the conditions that boaters (commercial and casual) have to navigate here. And even more amazing is what the Coast Guard goes through to save boaters in trouble. Apparently, the…
For my birthday I decided that I wanted to go to the Oregon Zoo. Just so happened that my birthday was the first day of their Portland Beer Week festivities. They had food trucks, craft beer tents, lawn games, and entertainment. We left Seaside when I got off work and headed to the zoo. Luckily traffic wasn’t too bad and…
Wednesday, Scott and I joined some friends from work for a night of bowling in Astoria. This was the first time hanging out with these friends. We all had a great time! I love meeting new friends and having a good time with them. This weekend we hung out in Seaside. Friday, we joined some friends from work for some…
This Memorial Day weekend, we decided to take a couple of trips to see volcanos. We started after Carolynn got off of work on Friday, and made a run down the coast on 101 (see previous post about they Byway). This post is going to be a long one, with a lot of pictures. The first place we visited is…
Today we ventured south on the Pacific Coast Scenic Byway on the way to our destination. It was a beautiful ride and the traffic was not nearly as bad as I thought it would have been. It took us a while to travel down this due to all the stops we made for beautiful scenery. This was one of our…
Friday we enjoyed a wine and paint night at a local winery with some friends from work! Saturday we participated in the Seaside Spring Wine Walk with a few friends. I was on call the whole weekend so I had a paint night and a non wine, wine walk. Scott was however able to enjoy wines from a lot of…
Saturday we had an awesome evening with some new friends at a local winery. They were celebrating their 1 year of being open here in Seaside. We drank wine, ate, enjoyed a live band, and had fun with friends. It must have been a perfect night for a fire on the beach because on our walk home we saw tons…
We ventured into Washington today to visit Cape Disappointment State Park. We hiked a short trail to see the Cape Disappointment Lighthouse. We also toured the Lewis and Clark Interactive Museum. It was a very gloomy day! We will try to go back on a clearer day to take advantage of the views. We drove to the other end of…
Friday we had a nice evening hanging out in a local winery (which we are now members of) and enjoyed a beautiful sunset on the beach. Saturday, we celebrated Cinco de Mayo with a cookout at a coworkers house. We had good food, drinks, and fun. On our drive home we stopped to check out another beautiful sunset.
Today Mother Nature surprised us and kept the rain at bay. We decided to take advantage of it and head south to Hug Point to check it out. The beach was very rocky! We went to find a waterfall that went right onto the beach. We tried taking what we thought was a path to it but it didn’t get…