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The Route

Replace this box with a map shows Vancouver to Newport, then add a drawing tracing the route of our trip.

I really want to see the Wreck of Peter Iredale. I think it will be very cool to see a shipwreck. I also love to see actual things from history not just something someone has recreated. It’s also especially interesting because it’s on a public beach and no one has taken it to a museum yet.

The animal I most want to see is an octopus. I think it’s because when I think of Oregon I think of octopi. Also we are working with and aquarium so I would really want to see one.
Did you know that octopi have three hearts?
My favourite type of octopi is a dumbo octopus. The dumbo octopus is my favourite animal.

The Astoria Column

The Astoria column depicts pivotal event that have happened throughout history in the past 250 years. Specifically pivotal moments in Astoria and at the mouth of the Columbia River. On the column it also shows portraits of significant people in America’s history.

Oregon Day 2

Fort Stevens

This was the view from where people would watch out for ships

Today we went to Fort Stevens State Park. Fort Stevens is an old fort that was used mainly in WWII. Fort Stevens was also one of the only forts that was attacked by the Japanese. We started our tour by learning about Battery Pratt. Battery Pratt is where someone would look out for enemy ships. Once we were done there we went and looked at a disappearing riffle. Disappearing riffle are like large cannons that the enemies can’t see as they are approaching. The riffle comes up so quick that the enemies don’t have time to react, so their boat would sink. Then we move on and saw the gun powder and we saw the room where the men would make the calculations for how to shot the riffle. Then we went to this very cool underground hideout. It was very large and it had lots of rooms. One of the more interesting room was the one where they had been testing out a bigger riffle. It had failed but it was very cool to see where this large cannon had been. That’s my recap on Fort Stevens.

High Life Adventures

Me and Amy racing Cam and Logan

I think having fun activities are good for smaller towns because it brings people into the town. If Astoria didn’t have a zip lining course probably only older people would come in but having a zip line course brings in a different demographic. More families have probably started coming around since the zip lines have been put there. Having a different demographic will bring more people to the other businesses in Astoria.