Astoria trip with Robin and Sherry

 My good friend (Robin Mann) went through breast cancer treatments all last year. As she was nearing the end of treatment she wanted to plan a trip so she would have something to look forward to as a celebration for finishing her treatments. Sherry Work and I happily agreed to join her on a trip and we had a wonderful time celebrating Robin and the fact that our friend is still here to enjoy this beautiful world with us. We spent a few fun filled days in Astoria, Oregon.

First stop...the bow picker for delicious fish and chips

There is a "Nordic heritage" park that honors all the immigrants from Scandinavia that came to Astoria and mostly worked very long and hard hours in the fish canneries.

Sherry needed a photo honoring the "sturdy women"

The waterfront in Astoria has a wonderful walkway. We walked about 5 miles out and back making it to the terminus of the trail before walking back into Astoria. We all got a bit sunburned!

After dinner with my friends I drove up to visit Jacob and Aodhan in their new home. I hadn't seen it and was super impressed with all the work they have put into making it a lovely place to live. The view from their upstairs balcony is amazing!

Back at the hotel I went up to the rooftop terrace and captured this wonderful sunset.

The next morning we stopped by another beautiful park, this one honors those of Asian ancestry that immigrated to Astoria to work. What a beautiful tribute

While researching things to do in Astoria we came upon the "pigeon steps" None of us had ever heard of this attraction before so we had to check it out. It was basically a steep ramp with some concrete stays to make it less slippery. We of course walked all the way to the top.

Sherry and Robin heading up the "steps" with the beautiful Columbia river in the background

Sherry acting quite dismal as we drove across into Washington to visit the Dismal Nitch historic site

Not so dismal on a beautiful spring morning but we could all imagine how terrible it would have been for Lewis and Clark and their expedition to be stuck her for days during a winter storm.

Cape disappointment. We ended up hiking out to that lighthouse in the background after visiting the very well done Lewis and Clark museum

On the hike to the lighthouse

We made it!

Cool tree on our hike back to the car

We stopped in Ilwaco, WA for some yummy lunch at the Salt Pub. It was a great little spot right on the water and a wonderful way to end our girls trip/celebration. So happy Robin made it through her treatments. Although I'll be honest, I don't really NEED a reason for a girls trip get away weekend:)