A Day at Astoria

David had some time off of school, call it a mid-Summer break, at the end of June/first week of July. It was glorious to have him to ourselves for 2 weeks, even if having him home totally messed up mine and Eli's schedule/routine :). We wanted to do some fun things closer to home, so one day we headed out to Astoria, OR! I'll give a run down of our day via pictures, and try not to overload you.

We arrived just in time for lunch, and stopped at the Bowpicker "restaurant". Fish and Chips place that is only open when they want to be/weather is good. Literally their sign said: Open from 11-ish to 6-ish, weather providing.

 And while Mommy waited in line, Daddy and Eli played with rocks. We arrived just in time because the line can get to be 2 hours long and is quickly grew after we arrived. Whew!

Next Up, the Astor Tower. Quite the climb up, threw a few airplanes off the top, and what a view!

 And you can't go Astoria, without at least looking at the house from the Goonies. So here's proof we did.

{We were having trouble with our camera, so some pics came out blurry}

Then we headed to play in the water. We ended up playing on the river much longer than we expected, and all for sunburned for it. Oh well!

Eli wasn't too keen on the water at first, but eventually he enjoyed it. 

 So bugged this is blurry!

 

Then a quick stop at the beach to see a famous shipwreck:

Time to get food. We went to this yummy family pizza place in Seaside, and let Eli play in the boat in their outside seating area. Notice his cheesy grin.

It was a fantastic day! So glad we finally made it to Astoria!