On Day # 67 of our Great American Road Trip, we traveled from the Olympic Peninsula in Washington to Estacada in Oregon. We had two ‘Lewis and Clark’ moments: We took a selfie with the Pacific Ocean at our back, just over two months after staying on Cape Cod. We crossed a continent with a Bambi in tow. After that, we still had quite a drive through Washington State - which was becoming a bit boring, frankly, especially through depressing towns like Hoquiam and Aberdeen - but it was a beautiful moment when we saw the five mile wide Columbia River. Drove along the Washington (north) side of it towards the 4.1 mile Astoria-Megler bridge, the longest continuous truss bridge in North America. And what a great crossing it was, even with us having to tow Bambi up the high part of the bridge on the south (Oregon) side. The second moment was when we visited the Lewis & Clark National Historic Park with the replica of Fort Clatsop. Very nicely done! A lady told us about many of the artifacts that were shown, including the peace medals, the flag with 15 stars, musket balls, tools, skins, tobacco. Nancy posed with a statue of Sacajawea and her young son Jean Baptiste (Clark, who adopted the boy after his mother died, called him ‘Pompey’ or ‘Pomp’ for short). #travelswithscooby #olympicnationalpark #astoriaoregon #lewisandclark #fortclatsop (at Astoria, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch0XXa1v4oS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
