This hat will now be appearing in many shots....
Columbia River Maritime Museum
A strong Coast Guard presence in Astoria.
This was a light ship. Again, something I did not know existed,
ships that acted as light houses. These men would be stationed
in the water and their job was the keep the light for that area
where there was no lighthouse.
Trying out the beds, more room than the submarine.
So we began to learn about the area where the Columbia River meets the
Pacific Ocean and when currents of the river which constantly change
combine with ocean swells it creates difficulty for ships and boats. This
combined with shallow water and big waves all proves treacherous.
Took this pic mostly for my dad, this is the last ship of it's kind,
the Gillnetter. It was a working boat and so no one thought
it would one day be obsolete and therefore need to be preserved.
So they built a replica of one, so there would be one.
A boat pilot has to guide each ship that enters
the area leading into the Columbia River,
there are buoys set up so the largest of ships
can be in the 60 foot water.
A ship that was washed up from the Japanese Tsunami, they contacted
the fishermen whose boat it was and he did not want it back
and so donated it to the museum.
A very cool display of a self righting coast guard boat.
The coast guard are amazing, going in when and where
no one else wants to....to rescue and save.
Bobo attempting his own rescue, I knew we needed to find a playground.
All the ships that have been lost in this particular area.
Ready for rescue.
Coolest front of museum!
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