Astoria, Oregon

This is considered the nicest hotel in the Astoria area.

As you can see from this photo you can look straight out into the Columbia River from the room. It was nice to sit and read out in the small balcony or from…

This is the bridge that connects Oregon and Washington State. When it was first built, the locals called it the Bridge to Nowhere. Today it servers 10,000…

Every evening you would see the boats line up and begin the process of returning to their respective marinas.

Another view from the room.

Every morning and evening some seals would come out and swim around the hotel and the marina just next to the hotel. I believe the seals were looking for…

Astoria is a small community of about 10,000 inhabitants. The downtown area was nice but there was not as much to do as I was expecting. One thing that did…

There was a very good restaurant within walking distance from the hotel and had dinner there one evening.

This is the inside view of the Bridgewater Cafe. It was a very eclectic place and the food was absolutely first rate.

The NCL Pride of America was being renovated before returning to its home port in Hawaii. There the ship takes travelers between the islands.