The road down the Oregon coast starts at the pretty town of Astoria.
While the Victorian homes they advertise weren't very exciting, the town
does have a tower, the Astoria Column, which gets you some 700 feet above
the water (fortunately you drive most of it).
We had planned to try to get to Mount St. Helen's, but it was rainy and
foggy there so Astoria was the destination.
South of Astoria we stopped at a beach where a sandcastle contest was
going on. This was just a minor one, the big one is earlier, but they need
to practice, after all.
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A fort with wall. To keep the sand solid, they spray with squirtguns all the time before it dries out.
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When dinosaurs walked the beaches.
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Oh no. Mr. Bill!
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My favourite sandcastle -- Jabba the Hut.
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On this beach, a sand castle contest was going on. Here's a man being eaten by a shark.
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K. poses on a beach south of Astoria.
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On a secluded beach, two girls play in the smooth water against a rocky backdrop. They are reflected perfectly in the receding wave.
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K. poses in front of the town of Astoria
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The town of Astoria, and the bridge, from the top of Astoria Column. See also the panorama.
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