We made our yearly pilgramige to Astoira in search of sturgeon. Unfortuneately, Doug and Tammy were not able to attend this year. We traveled with Ken and Rosa and made some stops at wineries along the way. The next morning Rosa and I dropped the boys off at their fishing dock and took off for the days adventures. We drove to Fort Stevens state park in search of the Peter Iredale shipwreck. We had viewed some of the items rescued off the ship when it wrecked in 1906. They were at the maritime museum in Astoria. I am sure Rosa was a bit concerned, considering how far we had to walk the last time we were in seach of a shipwreck. However, this one was right next to the parking area. The wreck was a large rusted steel hull in the sand. Then we found some sand dollars. As we were walking the beach I noticed a speed limit sign and we decided to take the truck onto the sand. I have never driven on the beach and we had a blast. Then we visited some of the batteries at Fort Steven state park.
Afterward, we went into Astoria and had lunch at a local brewery. One item on the menu (of which we did not partake) was the sausage sampler.
After shopping around town, we picked up Gene and Ken and went to view Gene's 57" sturgeon (measured the old way - now they are measured differently - but the important thing is that mine was 58 inch)!
It was a very nice weekend, as always.
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