Gribblenation

This past September I drove a segment of US Route 101 from Cannon Beach, Oregon northward over the Columbia River into Washington State via the Astoria-Megler Bridge. US 101 from Cannon Beach, Oregon northward to Megler, Washington is a shade under 30 miles.  Despite the short length this particular segment of US 101 has several notable locales in; Cannon Beach, Seaside, Astoria and the Astoria-Megler Bridge. My trip on US 101 began in downtown Cannon Beach after taking US 26 on the Sunset Highway west out of Portland. Cannon Beach is an incorporated City within Clatsop County with an approximate population of around 1,700.   Cannon Beach is located on the Pacific Ocean off of Ecola Creek.  Ecola Creek and what is now Cannon Beach was explored by William Clark of the Lewis & Clark Expedition in 1805.  During the ensuing decades a small community known as Elk Creek was settled near Ecola Creek.   In 1846 a cannon from the wrecked US...