Rest Stop: Washington side of the Bridge to Astoria, Oregon

We are at the Rest stop on the Washington bank of the Columbia River.
I see  blue sky to the east and the sun going down behind the Astoria Bridge.

Four large tanker ships hold steady in the strong current.
We wait in line for our turn.
Crews paint as we drive by in the one way lane set up.

We turn and take route 202 from Astoria to Jewell.  We stop at the Jewell Meadows Wildlife Area that is funded by the purchases of sporting arms and ammunition.  Elk sighting is our nature observation.

Elk

We turn east on Hwy26.  At the Sunset rest stop we throw the softball 30 times. Hwy 26 turns into 47 just past manning, taking us home.  Great trip.


                         Angela Jane reporting......

Lake Aberdeen Fish Hatchery, Washington: Fish Feeding

Fish Farming. 

 

Angela Jane photo...reporting.
Rachael H. helping.

 

 

 

Path at Tumwater Falls, Washington

 Upper falls

 Path heading down.

Fish ladder.

The lower falls area.  The salmon where just about spawned out.  The weekend before was the main run that was counted.  There was a few fish giving it what was the last  energy swim up stream at the tail end of spawning.

 The old Brewery seen just above the trees.

We drove to the upper park to get a full shot of the other side of the old brewery.


Angela Jane reporting......

Travel: Forest Grove, Oregon to Tumwater, Washington

  Our road trip starts in Forest Grove, Oregon.  I visit and update Tami, the Sugar Shack Queen, on our planned route.  Coffee Stop.

Next stop is in Hillsboro, Oregon.  This Tire Factory is the place I got my tires, air check, and oil changes, for the most part, over the last five years.  Blazer ready.

The third check in is at Hangin' Frame shop where Lissa makes custom frames, for art and photographs.  I pass on Handcrafteds'  update on the event downtown, this Saturday, where I will be demonstrating on the spinning wheel.










Road Map of our drive:  We continued on Cornelius Pass road up and over to Hwy 30.  For a rest spot, port-a-potty and walk-about we pull off at Trojan park.  There were geese.  The Canadian geese held the land, and the white farm geese patrolled the waters of the lake.  I did see disk Frisbee baskets in between the trees.

 We traveled on the Columbia River highway over the Lewis and Clark bridge that connects Oregon and Washington State. We drove through Kelso, WA and turned north onto I-5.

  One of our favorite pull offs is the Toutle River Safety Rest Area.  The local volunteers offer coffee, hot chocolate, cookies and have a donation jar to help keep supplied.  There are lots of information packets on the area attractions, and maps to see how far to your destination.  I forgot mine in Oregon.

We note booked some interesting places to stop at on our next drive up along this route: The cowliz river and the mattress cow ranch store at exit 79.

 

Tumwater Falls Fish Hatchery   

Adult chinook Return Information:  2,600 Total.

Angela Jane reporting......