TRANSLATE 5. After a comfortable breakfast in Cannon Beach, at a Coffee-Shop of the 50ths, at the beaches of Oregon we visited the often photographed landmark "Haystack Rock", direct laying at the 7-mile-beach.

50km to the north we reached Astoria with a population of 10.000 inhabitants. The town was founded as furrier station in 1811 and is living in the big fishery industry today. The known sight is the "Astor Column" with a hight of 38m, named by Johann Jakob Astor, which rises over the Coxcomb Hill and gives a beautiful panorama.

We crossed the Columbia River over the "Astoria Bridge" with a length of 6,6km. The river is also the border to the federal state Washington. After 300km later at afternoon we arrived Seattle.

move on:   1.San Francisco  2.Bodega Bay  3.Redwoods  4.Oregons Küste  5.Astoria  6.Seattle  7.8.9.10.11.12.13. Canada  14.Montana  15.South Dakota  16.Mount Rushmore  17.Yellowstone  18.Grand Teton  19.Salt Lake City  20.Zion N.P.  21.Las Vegas  22.Los Angeles