May 4, 2013 - Heading to Fort Stevens and Astoria Oregon

Drove from Winchester Bay Oregon to Fort Stevens Oregon. It was a long slow drive along the coast today. About 5 hours of driving for 210 miles. Lots of little towns with 25mph limits. One town decided to have a "Cinco de mayo" parade on route 101 - that is the main highway! So much fun driving down a highway to find a "detour" sign leading into an unknown area. At some point the follow me signs stopped and I ended up back at the parade, unable to turn on the highway. Fortunately I spotted the parade before I was trapped (can't back up...

Jun 7, 2012 - Ft. Stevens, OR

The rain creates a soothing sound as it hits the roof of Harvey. Doug and Shadow are preparing to brave the wilds -- walk the dog in pouring rain. We watched the neighbors prepare to go digging for razor clams this morning. The gear consists of rubber boots with pants attached and suspenders to hold them up. Plus the hardware for digging the clams and cleaning them. If we were here this weekend there would be a demonstration of how to dig for razor clams. I enjoyed eating them, pafried, at Norma's in Seaside. They do not have a...

Sep 19, 2010 - Ft Stevens St Pk Hammond, OR

We were talking to some RVers while we were in Clarkston and they told us that Fort Stevens State Park was a nice place to stay--so we did. We took a day trip to Astoria, the oldest town west of the Rocky Mountains. We also bought some "medium" oysters at a seafood market to fix for supper. Joyce commented that they were the size of small chicken thighs. If we had asked for "large" we would have had to buy a bigger frying pan!! Fort Stevens and Astoria are at the mouth of the Columbia River. With its swift currents and shifting sand bars...

May 14, 2010 - Now to Astoria and Fort Stevens State Park

Next we headed to Astoria or Seaside Oregon. We stayed at Fort Stevens State Park when we got here. It is beautiful here as well. The State Parks in Oregon are fabulous. I had a bit of a melt down by the time we got here. So we stayed an extra night. We spent yesterday running around the area looking for.....you guessed it.....connectors. Yes, we are still having trouble with our tow car pump. Bill has replaced the connector with a new one, it failed. Then he cleaned out the corrosion on the old one, and it worked for a day. As we got about...

Apr 18, 2010 - Fort Stevens

Our last stop in Oregon was Fort Stevens State Park on the peninsula on the southern side of the mouth of the Columbia River. Fort Stevens, named for Territorial Governor General Isaac Stevens who was killed in Virginia in 1862, was constructed towards the end of the Civil War and remained an active fort until shortly after World War II. The fort was originally built to protect the North against an English invasion from Canada, should the British (you know you can’t trust those Brits!) join the Civil War on the Confederate side. The...

Jul 11, 2008 - Fort Stevens State Park Oregon

Fort Stevens State Park Oregon – (July 9-11) We made it to the northwestern tip of Oregon, the mouth of the mighty Columbia river and of course another fantastic Oregon state park. We only spent a day and a half here though. Although there is a ton of history here associated with Lewis and Clark’s expedition, we spent most of the time touring the sites around the park via bicycle. This included the Pacific coast, the Columbia river in several spots, and Fort Stevens itself. Carly now has a flower book to go along with Erik’s bird books so...

Jun 17, 2008 - my fellow Airstreamers

Well on are way to the Tillamook cheese factory I spotted a bunch of airstreams in the parking lot. We met a couple before going in to the factory they were a caravan of airstreamers from southern cal on their way to a rally in Montana at the end of June. They did happen to say they were stopping at fort Stevens state park for the night. We took the tour and sampled the cheese at the factory before heading up to join the airstreamers. We met up with them later that night after going to the beach to catch a sunset and collect some sand...

May 7, 2008 - Fort Stevens State Park, OR

Once again, we had drizzle, clouds and cold as we headed north on Wednesday morning. I have been looking forward to seeing Fort Stevens State Park near Arcadia on the Oregon-Washington border. Actually, it sits at the mouth of the Columbia River and is where the outgoing currents of the river meet the incoming waves of the ocean. We stopped at the ranger station to check into the campground at Fort Stevens where the ranger explained that this fort and Fort Worden in Port Townsend, Washington, were built at the same time. However, none of...