8 Sun setting off the beach at the Cape Disappointment campground.
9 Squach on a bicycle in the Seaside parade.
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18 Humpback whale feeding on anchovies in the Columbia River under the Astoria bridge.
19 The humpback's fin
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24 The whale raising it's fin out of the river.
25 This was what we saw upon entering the beach. Hundreds and hundreds of people, 4by4's, tents, fires and fireworks.
26 Nearing sunset at Longbeach on the 4th
27 Our 4th of July campfire. We drove a few miles up the beach to get away from the crowds, but a few spent rockets, shell pieces and sulfur smoke still rained down on us.