Today was basically an acclimation day. I spent the morning walking around town with fellow rider Jim. Specifically we wanted to find the location of the original fort of the Astoria Expedition . The "restoration" up on a hill overlooking the Columbia River was pretty modest. Most of the true footprint of the original settlement has been long since developed. Nevertheless, it is an interesting story and afforded nice views of the city and River.
In the afternoon we had "registration" which primarily was a primer of bit of dos and dont's followed by having my bike reassembled. That went thankfully smoothly. The highlight was meeting Darin from Texas who has my exact Trek Domane bike model in its distinctive orange and black paint . We both had a good laugh as it is the first time either of us have seen another rider with the same scheme. I told him I had previously been labelled "Orange Crush" whereas his moniker is evidently the Creamcycle.
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| Fort Astoria |
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| Bridge spanning Columbia River from Astoria OR to Washington State |
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