Places Traveled Jovi and Tom

  Jovi and Myself Decided,  We Wanted to go for a Walk Today,  But it Was Raining Where We Were at.  So We Jumped in the Transport and Drove till it Stopped Raining.  We Arrived at Perkins Peninsula Park  of Fern Ridge Reservoir.   Normally there is a Lake there,  But Not Today!!  It Was a Lake but it Had No Lake,   Well Not Enough Water to be Called a Lake 🙂   We Had a Windstorm the Other Night,   The Whole Park had Limbs and Branches Down,   Possibly Thats the Reason it Was Closed  However We Still Had Fun Exploring.    Jovi had Fun Going Down into the Mud,   He Really Tried to Drag me Down Into it hahaha All in All it Was a Fun Day.   We Avoided the Rain,  So We Were Able to Get Out Walk and Explore and Capture a few Shots 

  The Astoria Column is an art-covered pillar made of concrete that reaches 125 feet skyward from Coxcomb Hill, overlooking Astoria and the Columbia River   Its observation platform offers a panoramic view for the many visitors who climb the 164 steps of its winding staircase   At its dedication on July 22, 1926, the Astoria Column was described as the “greatest of western monuments.” Over the years, the Column has become an Oregon icon and a source of identity and pride for Astorians       It was listed on the National Register for Historic Places in 1974.

  I was  Invited for a Tour of an Alpaca Farm called,  Oregon Aragon Alpacas.   (Jovi was There But he Had to Chill in  the SUV)    Alpacas Apparently dont Like Dogs.  They are Very Interesting Learned a lot about them on my Private Tour of the Farm,  They all have Names and I was Introduced to all of them.   They dont like to be Touched, and the Way they Talk to Each Other they Hum.    The House and Barn are Over a Hundred Years Old Alpacas are quiet, gentle and curious animals, slightly smaller than their camelid cousin, the llama. Indigenous to the Andes of South America, they graze on pasture grass or browse blackberry bushes and low tree limbs. Fleece colors range from white and light fawn to brown, mahogany, rose gray, silver, and black, and many shades in between. Alpacas are fleece animals — that is the harvest of our farming business. Aragon Alpacas began breeding toward fineness of dark-colored fleece, but for hand-spinning, we recognize that light colors are very dyeable and

  Towering 800 feet over the Pacific Ocean, the Cape Perpetua headland is the highest viewpoint accessible by car on the Oregon Coast. From this high point, enjoy views of the Cape Perpetua Marine Reserve and the rugged and rocky shore where visitors can witness the power of the ocean as it meets the coastal temperate rainforest. People have been part of this landscape for at least 6,000 years and Cape Perpetua bears evidence of this rich history. Archaeological sites provide hints into village life of the Native American Alsea people, who called this area Halaqaik. When British explorer James Cook saw the headland in 1778, he named it for Saint Perpetua. Many of the trails we find here today were first constructed by a unit of the Civilian Conservation Corps as President Franklin D. Roosevelt sought to provide work for young men during the Great Depression. Their camp occupied the area where the visitor center is today.