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Not going to ride today. Only have 9000 steps and haven't quite made my 1000-active-calorie goal, but I'm good. Astoria isn't really a destination place, but parts are cute and it has been a good day.

After a breakfast in the parking lot (there was a gazebo), we separated. I walked to the laundromat, and then a bike shop to get some new tubes. Afterwards I caught up on a few work things, did this blob, and then Jim, his wife (Carol?), Anne, Pam, Bob and I piled into Carol's van and went to the <a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astoria_Column">Astoria Column</a>, which has 164 steps up and sits on a 600-ft hill. Beautiful views, and the local gimmick is throwing balsa gliders off the top. Most of ours didn't go that far, but Bob's probably went half to three-quarters of a mile and ended up in the sound.

A few years ago Pam actually did the <a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astoria%E2%80%93Megler_Bridge">Astoria-Megler Bridge</a>, which turns out to be the longest continuous truss bridge in North America.

Tonight we go for a fish feast.

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