Day 7 - Astoria!!

Well……still no internet.  I spent over an hour tonight in the Safeway parking lot in Seaside trying to connect.  It wasn’t fun…..let me tell you that!  This morning we woke up and Brooke had the virus.  She figured it was some sort of throat infection, so they decided to head home two days early.  We were sad to see them go.  We miss you guys!!

We headed off to Astoria to explore the town and see where movies such as Kindergarten Cop, Point Break and of course The Goonies were filmed!! 

Astoria is the point where the Pacific Ocean and Columbia River meet.  The history of the town is quite spectacular.  Our first stop was Bowpickers Fish & Chips boat.  They use tuna to make the best fish and chips ever!!  

 

After we stuffed our gullets full of food we headed to the Maritime Museum.  We heard it was awesome and gave a great history of the area.  We definitely weren’t disappointed.  We took some pictures and enjoyed learning some history.  Crazy how I hated history in school but this American shit is pretty cool! 

Maybe it’s because I’m getting old.  Who knows. 

Trent out at sea!

Me trying on some of the rain gear 

As we navigated the hills of Astoria, some bitch yelled at us because Trent was going slow down the hills.  The area was hard to navigate because some areas were four way stops and others not.  Anyways…..to make a long story short, she was a bitch, she yelled and I could have sworn she was a JAFA.  Oh….speaking of JAFA’s, those fuckers are everywhere!  We were leaving Fort Stevens to go somewhere and some asshole flew through a stop sign without stopping and guess where they were from?? You guessed it!!!  ALBERTA!!  Ugh – back to our trip.

The Astoria column was used as a lookout of sorts or something.  I am not too sure but it was 164 steps up this narrow winding stairwell to get to the top.  I made it 60 steps before my claustrophia kicked in and I felt like I was either going to pass out or barf.  I headed back down gripping the railing while Trent counted his way to the top.  He took some fabulous pics from the top!!

The Astoria Column

 After the column we headed for the Goonies house!  If anyone else out there loved the Goonies movie, they will know how exciting this is!  We walked up the drive and had a quick photo op. 

Goonies House!  Can't you just see Data ziplining into the window??

After the Goonies house we passed by the school which was filmed in Kindergarten Cop.  It wasn’t as exciting for me, but still cool to see. 

Trent hanging in the cell faking his death

Me outside the jail

Next stop was the County Jail and Oregon Film Museum.  The County Jail was used in the Goonies movie at the opening scene.  It was small but pretty awesome as the majority was dedicated to Goonies. 

After filming some scenes, we headed across the street to the Flavell house.  Captain Flavell was the only bar pilot in the area back in the olden days.  It was a tough job navigating through the channels of the river, so he was rich.  There is more history to it than that, but who’s got time to explain it all.  Anyways – this house was amaze balls.  Very beautiful and the history was so interesting. 

Flavell House

We left Astoria and headed back to Seaside to pick up Pop’s truck as the muffler was being fixed on it.  Nothing like getting mechanical work done in the Americas.  It only cost $149 for a job that was quoted at well over $500 in Canada!  We headed back to camp for a drink and a relaxing night. 

We turned in early to get all slept up for our next adventure.  Since I am writing two days in one technically, I will tell you that our next day consisted of the cheese factory and a very happy Trent!  But more on that in the next post!!