Columbia River Cruise....Part 2....Post Views....13,811

      The river trip from Portland to Astoria took 8 hours....
Lots of time for sightseeing and eating.....
I asked one of the attendants if they stay overnight in Astoria and cruise back up river the next day.  He said most of the workers return to Portland on the same buses we do.  A small crew stays on board, turns the boat around and cruises back right away.....going in with the tide. The trip takes 10 hours.....

A hawk following the boat....

Ash banks from Mt. St. Helen's eruption in 1980

House on the Edge....

Boats, Barges, Ships......Oh, My....

 A pilot ship that guides the tankers through the mouth of the Columbia and into the Pacific.....
where the two meet is dubbed....
"The Graveyard of the Pacific" because of the turbulent waves and many ship wrecks....

Local fishermen

Fellow taking the picture grew up in Stevens Point,WI.....a city 100 miles south of Park Falls.....

 Loading Grain.....

    This has been a good "recalling the Columbia River cruise" day in the life of Grandma G.

    "Others went out on the sea in ships, they were merchants on the mighty waters.  They saw the works of the Lord, his wonderful deeds in the deep."  
(Psalms 107: 23 & 24)