Sunday drivers.

Brian and I woke up Sunday morning, looked outside at the blue cloud-less sky, felt the warmth, and knew that we had to take advantage of a lovely day in Oregon by going somewhere.  After church we got in the car and headed to Astoria.  The drive was beautiful!  We walked along piers, through the quaint little town, and drove up to the Astoria Column, which overlooks the mouth of the Columbia River.  We climbed the 164 stairs to the observation deck on top.  Neither of us are huge fans of heights, but Brian was definitely better at facing his fear—several of these pictures are from the top—he took them while I was hugging the center pillar, too scared to near the edge.     

From the top we had a great view of the sun setting.  Wow!

And a great view of the WHAT BRIDGE—which connects Oregon to Washington.

Here we are at the bottom of the column.

With Brian’s busy season in full swing (working early mornings, late nights, and weekends) we are giddy when we get a few solid hours together!