Updating day
Over fresh coffee in the campground office, we realized that this would be a good base for local exploration. As those around us packed and headed home, we paid for a second evening, at a discount. And then, off to see what the area had to amaze.
Actually, we decided to cross the state line, on a really long bridge in the Astoria, OR area. Lunch, at a McDo, served to remind me that wifi bandwidth is fun, when your iDevices all require a system update along wth most of the two dozen plus apps. We stayed long enough to get chatty with the help, before finding a tourist info centre with the coveted “Mile By Mile” brochure published by the state.
Son #2 had praised a local historical attraction after his bike trip through here several summers ago, and we soon arrived at Fort Stevens. The installation had a long history, most of it hardly worth mention. The remaining concrete bunkers showed how seriously the military takes any perceived threat: building one of each artillery model in the master plan book. There wasn’t much of note, but it gave us a reason to wander around after purchase of a $5 daypass.
Also in the immediate area, a shipwreck from pre-WW1, and a chance for me to dip my toe ceremoniously in the mighty Pacific. Essentially the same latitude as home, but far west. With that done, we realized that some groceries would add to our lives, and we returned to McDo for another session of updating. At least, local fast food destinations allow eavesdropping on the locals.
The only oddity spotted during our day were the signs indicating the “Tsunami Evacuation Route”.
