Tag: Astoria

  • Astoria to Florence, Oregon

    Oregon USA’s Northern Coastline (May 1998) We took a detour about ten miles west of Tillamook, Oregon to the Three Capes Scenic Drive, putting most of the Sunday traffic behind us. We stopped first at Cape Meares and climbed up to the red lens of the lighthouse (map). Cape Meares Lighthouse Cape Meares is Oregon’s…

  • Seattle, Washington to Astoria, Oregon

    Including Cape Disappointment (1998 and 2012) Our first full day began in a southerly direction. We woke early at a generic hotel outside Seatac Airport, seriously jet-lagged, and arrived in Olympia while most sane people slept-in. It was Saturday. Eventually the Farmers Market opened and we wandered the booths. We climbed the hill to the…

  • The Final Leg

    The adventure ends. This article will post automatically as I’m flying somewhere over the vast interior of the United States assuming my WordPress blogging software operates correctly. I will likely be home by the time many of you read this. It’s been a great two weeks of traveling through corners of Washington and Oregon I’d…