The Summer of '14 - Ocean Shores, WA: Day 52 - Astoria, OR

Thursday Terry's brother, Mick, and his family came to visit Ocean Shores.

Mick and Family

During dinner the talk somehow came to health insurance in retirement. Mick's daughter, Maggie, said, "So are you guys on Medicare?"

I said, "No, we're a few years away, but thanks for thinking we would qualify."

She paused a minute and said, "Did I ever tell you you're my favorite aunt and uncle?"

But the damage had already been done.

Tuesday was a day trip to Astoria, OR. The woman who owns a coffee shop we go to described it as her "happy place". We figured that justified a 2 1/2 hour drive south. Astoria sits just across the Oregon line at the mouth of the Columbia River. It was the western end of the Lewis & Clark expedition in 1805. It was the site of Fort Astoria, a fur trading venture, in 1810. It was a stop along the way for the Guenther expedition in 2014.