Overnight in Astoria, OR | Spring 2022
So I'd made a plan not too far into my relocation to try to get out of town locally for an overnight trip once a month to check out and explore all things Pacific Wonderland. Unfortunately, even with said plan in mind, I had not done an overnight trip anywhere in the PNW since my single trip out to the Oregon Coast after New Years, for my one night McMenamins stay at their Gearhart Hotel (in Gearhart, OR, about an hour and a half away in the NW corner of the state of Oregon). While the delay in weekend adventuring was primarily due to my tax volunteering commitment for Saturday afternoons through tax season, I finally got it together to plan an overnight trip in nearby Astoria, OR, for this final weekend of April 2022. The destination (and revisit to Astoria as an overnight trip) was fueled in part by tips from a conversation I had during the prior visit in January. I only booked my single night stay in Astoria the Sunday before this trip, at the Hampton Inn & Suit...