Astoria, located where the mouth of the Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean, delighted us in every way. Many recognize the town from “The Goonies” filmed in 1985. 

Named after John Jacob Astor, the town hails as the oldest settlement west of the Rockies. Earlier that morning, we debarked the Disney Wonder in Vancouver, drove to Seattle for a tour of the University of Washington and then headed 180 miles southwest to Oregon’s oldest city.