Anniversary Weekend

Monday, August 4th is our 29th anniversary. This "happened" to be Lamar's long weekend off, so we decided to go and celebrate on the coast. We originally were going to go to Seaside, but I just couldn't get anything that wasn't going to cost us an arm and a leg. So, very last minute, I decided to try Priceline. I haven't done that in years, but it worked. I got two nights for the price of one! We actually stayed at the Red Lion in Astoria. I wasn't too thrilled about it at first, because some friends of ours stayed there years ago, and didn't like it at all. But you know what, it was really great! We got a big room, everything was nice and clean, got free breakfast in the morning (which we didn't know about until we saw the breakfast room!) and an awesome view from our room. I guess God knew better than we did! Hmmm...imagine that!



We had a wonderful sunset Saturday night and we enjoyed every minute of it. It was kind of neat to get a different view at the coast of the sunset without the waves.



We went up to the Astor Column. Unfortunately, it was closed due to construction, but the view from the parking lot was as amazing as always.


We went to the Peter Iredale at Fort Stevens State Park after spending some time at Seaside on Saturday. It was a nice stop to walk along the beach one last time.



I don't know much about the commercial fishing industry, but it was interesting as we walked around, to see the cannery across the street hard at work sorting out the fish and then down at the other end of our dock, there was an old man who cleaned fish for the charter boat customers after their big catch. It was fun to watch and great to capture in the lens!

We also went to church in Astoria and visited our pastor from 25 years ago, Raoul and Lynda Robles from St. Johns. It was great to see them (along with our friend, Mary Clapp!) After church, we walked through the Sunday Market on the streets of Astoria before heading back home. We had never done that before either. So, all in all, our weekend at the beach ended up being a great weekend in Astoria and something new and different.