Arrival in Astoria

We caught an early flight and made it to Portland by 11. Our WSL host met us outside of baggage and we were on our way to Astoria. We checked into our hotel, the Cannery Pier and headed to lunch at the Cannery Cafe, which was back toward town.
What a surprise when as we were leaving a guy walking next to me asked how long it would be before I recognized him. It was my brother, Doug, who drove up from Otis, home of the renowned Otis Cafe. We hadn’t really set a time to meet and he inadvertently stopped at the Cannery Cafe thinking it was the hotel. We said our goodbyes to Cindi and Liz and jumped into Doug’s car.
We did the tourist thing and visited Fort Clatsop, Fort Stevens and climbed the Astoria Column. We found a pizza place for dinner and by the time we got back to the hotel it was after 8. We hadn’t unpacked at all and the bikes needed to be assembled. Considering that we got up at 4 and it was pushing midnight EST, we were exhausted.

Our room at the Cannery Pier Hotel overlooked the Columbia River and the imposing Megler bridge that crosses between Washington and Oregon. Cindi looked at it and decided that she would like to bike across is. I looked at it and decided that there was no way that I would ever ride a bike across it. I offered earlier to put a bike together and let her do it while she was there. She will consider riding the bridge later this summer when she does her bike tour from Anacortes to Astoria.

Listen to Cindi, Liz and the Astoria Sea Lions

Podcast produced by Robert and Theresa Russell
Edited by Erik Russell
Intro music Cluck Ole Hen arranged by Bandjoe
Outro Tall Fiddler arranged by Deyo
Logo designed by Laura Ross
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