Day 52 - Astoria

The day starts with lunch at the mysteriously named Blue Scorcher Bakery and Cafe. Nothing was scorched that we could discern.

We momentarily panic at Astoria Coffee. There are new signs - and things look "refreshed". We're hoping the insides are still as we expect. Mostly they are - a few changes - the roast master has hired some young charges to assist - but the coffee - and the chocolate persist as usual. Whew!

Emma stomps away - she can't understand why anyone would hang a fish on a stick.

The old railyard - cloaked in dazzling afternoon light..

In the back of the port, we find yet more faceless, nameless blank white buildings used by secret government research labs. In this case, they've built an iron wall, based on an old Stalinist design to keep out prying eyes.

Always be Tankful.

Down in the fine print, we find the real prize - Bering Sea crab fishing tourism.

The nautical version of a pushmepullya.

Experimental stealth fishing boats. It is believed the Ola Nell cannot be seen at all by any means - not by radar, binoculars or even seeing eye dogs.

At the very end of the port, the government has installed the top secret and experimental Most Uncomfortable Bench In the World to keep prying eyes from hanging around.

We caught this crew clandestinely building this secret runway. It is cleverly hidden behind a faux lumber mill. That pile of logs is just a holographic projection. We caught one of the workers carelessly walking right through it.

That yellow machine, with its cover name "Pacific Dust Collectors" (uh-huh), is designed to put all Latvian Lint Mills out of business.

The SS Minnow, popularly believed to be lost in the Burmuda Triangle, was actually found and recovered from the surface of the moon by the crew of Apollo 15 and is now kept here at the lab. It is faintly radioactive.

They want you to believe this is just a happy little innocent looking vessel with hipster 60's curtains. Trust no one.

Indeed there is one more entry to the most evil sunset competition.

Nuclear engineers express themselves on their day off.

Donald has not promised he just won't do it.

We think Shuler must be one of those Gods of surfdom. We've never seen the open sign turned off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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