Our next stop was Astoria, OR - almost to the mouth of the Columbia River as it empties into the Pacific Ocean. John and I opted to skip the formal tours. Instead we went by ourselves to the Columbia River Maritime Museum.
We had been to this museum on our 2003 trip this way. It’s an exceptional museum and we looked forward to visiting it again. The Queen of the West was moored right beside the museum, so it was just a short walk. The exhibits are terrific!
One neat addition was a damaged boat that had come from the Fukushima disaster in Japan. It had floated across the Pacific and washed up on the Oregon shore. The owner was identified from markings on the boat. He agreed to donate the boat to the Museum.
John later walked around the town of Astoria - a nice small maritime town.
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