On Tuesday, we woke up and said goodbye to the Cannery Pier Hotel, aka, the best hotel ever.
Our first stop was the Goonies house in Astoria...
...and the school from Kindergarden Cop, which was conveniently a few blocks away in the same neighborhood (we re-watched Goonies when we got back to NY, and you can actually see the school in the distance in some of the shots from the house.)
After the school, we went up to one of Astoria's biggest tourist destinations, the Astoria Tower. The Astoria Tower sits on one of the highest hills in town, and after climbing its 164 step spiral staircase, has the most incredible panoramic views of the Columbia River and surrounding area.
A souvenir shop at the bottom of the tower sells balsa wood airplanes that you can send flying off the side of the tower.
From Astoria, we headed further west, to the coast of Fort Stevens State Park, where the wreck of the Peter Iredale lies.
The Peter Iredale was a four masted steel vessel that ran aground in 1906 during a storm and thick fog. There were plans to tow the ship back out to sea, but during the few weeks of waiting for favorable weather, the ship began to lean heavily, and the plan was ditched. The ship was partially dismantled for scrap, but much of it had little value and was subsequently left in place, where it still stands today.
You can still see parts of the masts submerged in the sand.
Jay caught the eye of a photographer shooting the wreck, and he asked him to pose for some pictures.
You can see the set of three photos the photographer took of us and Jay by clicking here, and then clicking to the right.
We walked around the beach a little, following the length of the boat and miscellaneous pieces sticking out of the sand. So eerie to think so much of it was below foot!
After the beach, we drove further south down 101 to another beach, this one in Ecola State Park. This beach might be the lesser recognizable beach from the race-chase scene in the Goonies. (We're preeeeetty sure, but not positive.) Before walking down to the beach, we went on a wild goose chase trying to find a view of the more recognizable rocks from the movie. We didn't find the view we were looking for, but we did find some really spectacular views of the coast and Tillamook Rock Light.
After hiking, we went down to explore the beach, and climb more rocks.
When we finally left Ecola State Park, we drove down to Cannon Beach where we successfully found the view we were looking for. It was from a large sand dune behind an apartment complex. We were worried about leaving the car parked illegally, so we took off running through the grass, which turned out to be incredibly painful saw grass... but had so much fun, we kept running through it anyway.
We ate dinner at a great little pub in Cannon Beach, then drove east on 26 through more gorgeous countryside to Portland, where we finished the day with a beer at a bar that smelled like a port-a-potty (and then a better beer at a better bar around the corner.)
Our first stop was the Goonies house in Astoria...
...and the school from Kindergarden Cop, which was conveniently a few blocks away in the same neighborhood (we re-watched Goonies when we got back to NY, and you can actually see the school in the distance in some of the shots from the house.)
After the school, we went up to one of Astoria's biggest tourist destinations, the Astoria Tower. The Astoria Tower sits on one of the highest hills in town, and after climbing its 164 step spiral staircase, has the most incredible panoramic views of the Columbia River and surrounding area.
A souvenir shop at the bottom of the tower sells balsa wood airplanes that you can send flying off the side of the tower.
From Astoria, we headed further west, to the coast of Fort Stevens State Park, where the wreck of the Peter Iredale lies.
The Peter Iredale was a four masted steel vessel that ran aground in 1906 during a storm and thick fog. There were plans to tow the ship back out to sea, but during the few weeks of waiting for favorable weather, the ship began to lean heavily, and the plan was ditched. The ship was partially dismantled for scrap, but much of it had little value and was subsequently left in place, where it still stands today.
You can still see parts of the masts submerged in the sand.
Jay caught the eye of a photographer shooting the wreck, and he asked him to pose for some pictures.
You can see the set of three photos the photographer took of us and Jay by clicking here, and then clicking to the right.
We walked around the beach a little, following the length of the boat and miscellaneous pieces sticking out of the sand. So eerie to think so much of it was below foot!
After the beach, we drove further south down 101 to another beach, this one in Ecola State Park. This beach might be the lesser recognizable beach from the race-chase scene in the Goonies. (We're preeeeetty sure, but not positive.) Before walking down to the beach, we went on a wild goose chase trying to find a view of the more recognizable rocks from the movie. We didn't find the view we were looking for, but we did find some really spectacular views of the coast and Tillamook Rock Light.
After hiking, we went down to explore the beach, and climb more rocks.
When we finally left Ecola State Park, we drove down to Cannon Beach where we successfully found the view we were looking for. It was from a large sand dune behind an apartment complex. We were worried about leaving the car parked illegally, so we took off running through the grass, which turned out to be incredibly painful saw grass... but had so much fun, we kept running through it anyway.
We ate dinner at a great little pub in Cannon Beach, then drove east on 26 through more gorgeous countryside to Portland, where we finished the day with a beer at a bar that smelled like a port-a-potty (and then a better beer at a better bar around the corner.)
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