Astoria, OR

We are in Astoria, Oregon, for the night.  Drove 309 miles after getting off the ferry after leaving Jim's and Toni's home.
Couple of things before I cover yesterday and today.

I did go back and posted some pictures for Oak Harbor and Oak Harbor, Day 2.  So you may want to go back and check out those two blogs to see the pictures.

Secondly, I want to thank Jim and Toni for a wonderful three days.  You treated us like royalty and we greatly appreciated it.  Thank you for being so kind.

Now, I didn't post Oak Harbor, Day 3 because we got back to the house late.  We were on the road in good time in the morning and drove to Tacoma.  We then toured Harold LeMay's America's Car Museum.  It had a mere 3000 cars.  Barry was in heaven.  I will post a picture of his favorite, which was Steve McQueen's Bullet.  An employee took a picture of the four of us in the entrance area.
From there we went to the old train station that has been turned into a federal court house.  So great that they have maintained and found a use for the old building.  It has some beautiful glass art work in it as well as all the old architecture.  There was a neat sculpture at the entrance that I took a picture of.
We followed that with the Museum of Glass.  Besides the art work, some high school students were actually demonstrating how to make a glass vase.  It was fascinating to watch.

Today we got to the ferry in time to take the 10:15 across the sound, so we didn't have to drive through Seattle.  We then drove 309 miles to Astoria, Oregon.  Along the way we stopped at Forks, Washington,  where the Twilight series was set.  I got a mug  that says Team Edward on it as a souvenir.  They do offer a three hour tour of the various places used in the movies, but there wasn't time.  It was great just to have been there.
We then got to the Pacific Ocean and took a selfie with the ocean over Barry's shoulder.  We are actually smiling in this one.
The next picture is the welcome to Oregon as you get off the bridge that crosses over the Columbia River.  I took a picture of the bridge from our hotel room.
The last picture is of our room.  There is a spa (big bathtub) in the middle of the room.  We thought it was hilarious when we walked in.  What a change from the Bell 2 Lodge experience, and for a lot less money.
Enjoy and talk to you later.