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.

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High Life Adventures

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Me and Amy racing Cam and Logan

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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.

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Nisa’s Thai

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Today I tried pad Thai. It was really good and taste like peanuts. If I were at a Thai restaurant I would order it again.

Oregon Day 3

First Nations

Before the first colonist came there where the First Nations who lived on the land. The land known as the unknown land. They had traditions and beliefs that had been passed down to them. So when the first British came the First Nations welcomed them and helped them learn about the land, the plants and the legend. But little did the First Nations know that all the fist colonist cared about was power and land. So they tried to kill the First Nations people and steal their tradition. They used blankets covered in diseases and then later put hem in residential schools to make Canada completely First Nations culture free. The last residential school in Canada closed in the 1970’s. They are still recovering from what the first colonists did to them and they culture all these decades later.

Crossing the Bar

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Me Crossing The Bar

I would want to cross the bar. I would only do it if it wasn’t storm season but I think it would be fun. I’ve always loved boating. It’s more interesting than driving and you can feel the water, its also much prettier. Crossing the bar of the Columbia River would be the adventure of a lifetime.

Cannon Beach

I really wanted to see a nudibranch because Miles made them sound very cool and exotic.

Cannon Beach is famous for a large rocks known as Haystack Rock. It is the forth largest intertidal rock in the world.

Tillamook Cheese Factory

The reason that Tillamook is founded where it is is because when the people came they found that Tillamock was more than just wet rainy valley, it was the perfect climate for grassland and good grassland means good place for cows. When they started to have butter and milk to sell they realized that they couldn’t carry it across mountain roads because it would take too long to deliver the products to Portland. So they built Oregon’s first official ship. It would deliver dairy products to Portland.

Oregon Day 4

Quests!

Today we did a quest around South Beach State Park. At fist when we started we thought that we had gone too far because we were walking forever. When we got the first clue we were very confident. So we started walking down the path further then we knew that we had gone too far. But of course Jakub thought it would be a good idea to run ahead to see were the trail lead. Then Kate ran after him. Me, Ryder, Cameron, and Randy waited for too long before they came back. Then from there we just walked back very defeated.
Next time we do a quest we should all stay together. We should also try and read it more carefully so we don’t walk for a mile down the wrong path. But overall we worked well together and we all came back together.

Video of Ryder running in slow-mo ( You NEED to watch!)