This afternoon, I wandered through the streets of Astoria and drove up to the Astoria Column, one of the main tourist attractions in the town. This is a view of the Columbia River from the plaza of the tower....
This is the Astoria Tower. The carvings on the side are actually quite detailed and depict the story of Lewis and Clark's discovery and subsequent plundering of Oregon.
Detail from one of the information plaques on the Tower lawn.
More detail. Notice how the spelling of "ocean" was "ocian" back when Lewis and Clark first documented their discovery. Given the dynamic nature of language, perhaps one day it will be acceptable for people to spell words as they please -- but I hope not.
Some of the beautiful detail from the tower on a rather foggy day -- just like San Francisco!
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