This morning brought clouds and a sprinkling of rain, something we haven’t seen much of, but by the time we left the RV park at 10:45, it was clearing up. We stopped for gas next to the RV park and headed back to Oregon.
It was a pleasant and short trip, and we pulled into the Lewis and Clark RV Park at 1pm. This is a fairly new RV park on the edge of Astoria OR. They have a 9 hole golf course right next to the RV park, and our site faces the golf course and the woods on the other side. It is a really pleasant park.
After we got set-up and had some lunch, we headed out to do some Lewis and Clark places across the Columbia River back in Washington. The Astoria Bridge is a pretty awesome bridge, built in 1966. It is really high on the Oregon side and then has a steep descent to a short bridge to the Washington side. I am glad I wasn’t driving.
The first stop was just over the bridge at Clark’s Dismal Nitch. The exploration team got stuck here because of bad storms for six days just short of their goal at the Pacific. They were in pretty bad trouble, but managed to last until the storm broke. We hadn’t heard of this part of the L&C story.
From there we drove another 10 miles to Cape Disappointment, the farthest west the team reached. There was an interpretive center there with a gorgeous view of the Pacific. The exhibits were well done, but we didn’t spend too much time on the first part of the exploration since we had done that two years ago. We concentrated on their trip across Washington. This will be the last of the Lewis and Clark areas that we visit. There is also a pretty lighthouse here.
The center closed at 5, so we drove back here to the RV, arriving about 6. Bill grilled steaks, onions, and green peppers. I fixed some spaetzel and cheese. Bill had gotten a box of spaetzel at one of his grocery forays, so I fixed that. We just relaxed, sat outside in the cool, and had a lovely evening.
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