Labor day at Fort Stevens State Park

The other day when we were out, we stopped by the corner store/bait shop and asked about good places to fish with our poles and what to use. They told us about a fresh water lake in the State Park just down the road. So today, we bought out day fishing licenses and some bait and made out for the lake. We got a lot of bites and caught a few little trout. Honestly, we weren't going to eat them so I don't care if they were small. At least I caught a few, which is the fun of it. Here we are with the prize winning catch.


Fort Stevens State Park is on the tip of land where the Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean meet. We drove along the beach and stopped to look at a really old wreck on the beach. It's called the Peter Iredale. Here is one end sticking out of the sand. (Strangers included for scale) The rest of it is pretty much buried except for a few pieces sticking out here and there.

Also at the state park is the name sake, Fort Stevens, which was in service from 1904-1944. You can tour the old Fort area and walk through a lot of old cement battlements from the WWII era. The guns have been removed but this fort was one of many guarding the Columbia river from enemy attack.

This last photo is of me looking down the river. I just wanted to show the fog over us and how across the river, it is sunny. Strange.