We continued working our way west this morning until we reached the mouth of the Columbia river at the Pacific Ocean and Astoria, OR. On our way out we did get a chance to be up close and personal with two Navy destroyer ships on their way into Portland for

Stevenson is one of those stereotypical small towns where there are only two streets and everything shuts down after sunset. I’m not kidding, after we docked at Stevenson. WA last night I took a walk around the town (around 9:30pm) and found that all of the shops

Today was our designated cruising day where we were not in port all day. To keep people occupied the ship offered a morning lecture on Lewis and Clark as well as an afternoon Northwest food tasting. We also had the excitement of traversing two more locks one of which lowered