Astoria's float won first prize in the Portland Rose Parade.
Love the name of this band--they were pretty good, too.
There were three different bagpipe bands--all wonderful. And this sweet poodle got a dye job just for watching the parade.
We had just enough time to rush home to the RV, walk the dogs and change clothes for the Mayor's Ball Cruise. It was very nice and LOTS of Gary's relatives were there. As we waited to board, this Coast Guard helicopter arrived and demonstrated how they lower someone into the water for a rescue and then showed us how they pull him back up. You can see him dangling just above the water. Fascinating!
Later in the cruise we looked outside to see this Pilot boat (they pilot the huge ships over the Columbia River bar) going around in circles, basically doing a boat version of "wheelies".
To finish off the evening the Regatta sponsored fireworks over the water--spectacular!
This house is typical of an ordinary Astoria house, except for the color. Many of the houses are this vintage. It is a darling town with a relaxing atmosphere and very nice sleeping weather.
Today we went to the Astoria Farmer's Market and got a few items, then headed out to Seattle. A huge traffic jam made the usual 4 hour trip into a 6 hour trip. The dogs were so happy to get to Grandma's big yard and so were we. This is their favorite part of the trip.
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