Tag: Astoria Column

• Ocean in view!

  

  “Ocian in view!  O! the joy,”  were the words ( and spelling) that Clark penned in his journal on November 7, 1805. He was a bit premature – what he had seen was the Columbia River estuary – not the ocean. Never-the-less he was near the end of his trek to reach the Pacific Ocean. I…

  Joe Burns

  July 23, 2019

  Travel

  Astoria, Astoria Column, Cannon Beach, Cape Disappointment, Columbia River, Ecola State Park, Fort Clatsop, Fort Stevens, Lewis and Clark, Peter Iredale shipwreck, Terrible Tillie, Tillamook Rock lighthouse