Thursday, Sept. 10 Leaving Oregon...

This morning we drove 7 miles north of Astoria to the Twilight Eagle Sanctuary in search of eagles. However, the eagles were a little camera shy and stayed well out of range. On our way back to Hwy. l0l we spotted some floating houses on the river, not sure if they were permanent houses or just fishing cabins, but they I thought they made a nice photo.

 The port of Astoria was busy this morning with lots of ships moving in and out of the harbor. To leave Oregon we crossed the 4 mile bridge from Astoria to Washington State. Our last view of Astoria was of the beautiful column on the hilltop.

In Washington we headed to the east entrance of Mt. Saint Helen. I was in Spokane when Mt. Saint Helen blew in 1980 and felt the concussion there. In fact, I still have a gallon pickle jar half full of ash from the blow, let me know if you would like a sample. So today I was pleased to see the recovery the land around Mt. Saint Helens had made, but it is still rumbling!

Next we headed to Olympia to spend the night and have a car issue addressed. However, not before we got our first sight of Mount Rainier…really impressive!