Lewis & Clark [7/5 - WA & OR]

We left Seattle bright and early on July 5th - and decided to follow in the foot steps of Meriwhether Lewis & William Clark -- the great explorers of the Pacific North West -- meaning following the Columbia River from Longview, WA out to Astoria on the Oregon Coast.

We stopped by Fort Clatsop, L & C's fort on the Oregon Coast and hence the first US Army fort in the Pacific NW. They didn't last long out here - no wonder - apparently they stayed for 112 days and out of those it rained on 106, not all of the remaining 6 days were actually sunny, some merely gray.

Leaving this scene of early tourism misery behind, we continued on to Cannon Beach, in search of One Eyed Willy's treasure...