We slept on the southern tip of Washington, with plans to cross the long Astoria bridge across the Columbia River to Oregon in the morning. My dad told us we should cross the bridge last night, because it might be icy in the morning, but I couldn't find anywhere good to stay on the other side, and knew we were out of the snow, so I figured it would be fine. There was a huge storm all night, with the RV shaking, the wind howling, and trees falling all around us, and I wondered if I had made the wrong decision. But by morning the storm had died down and everything was calm, and we woke up to this:
Everything was coated in icicles, including our bicycles, but the ground was coated in slush, rather than snow. Meanwhile, Seattle had woken up to a ton of snow, and the kids were disappointed to miss it, but I was glad we had made it out in time. Meanwhile, Kristin sent me this picture of our house back in Seattle:
There are also lots of pictures of us making and eating breakfast because it is still novel to cook and eat in the RV:
When we woke up, both the road we had come in on and the bridge we needed to cross were closed due to fallen trees and falling ice, but by the time we had finished a leisurely breakfast, both were open, and we drove across a clear bridge to Oregon. We had lunch in Astoria on a walkway where we had a gorgeous view of Washington over the river:
Then we went to Fort Stevens State Park. It took us forever because two of the roads there were closed, presumably due to fallen trees, but we finally found a third route in, where we got to see this shipwreck:
Then we had a short drive to Nehalem Bay State Park, where we had planned to drive today all the way from Seattle. We got there too late to see the beach, but Lucy and I walked to it in the dark, and we will all enjoy it tomorrow.
Today's route:
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