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so I am being sent out west by my company and one of the places I am required to show up and pretend to work is called Astoria, that's all I know.
I am guessing it's somewhere near Vancouver since the next day I am spossed to be there.
Anyone? Astoria?
do they even have an airport?

I think Astoria is a little town in Oregon...out in the middle of nowhere. Have fun.

Depressing town where the Columbia River meets the Pacific in NW Oregon. Given it's location, the city's economic depression is incredible and it's not lifting anytime soon, despite lcoal meth-manufacturing efforts.

Meriwether Lewis wrote vicious, vicious things about the winter he stayed around there in 1805. You get the feeling this place could never catch a fucking break.

There is a weird bar called the Worker's Tavern there. I showed up there on a night when they happened to be hosting the owner's wake. He had passed away after saying fuck you to cancer for 14 years. This was the single greatest drinking experience of my life.

Marsupialized wrote:so I am being sent out west by my company and one of the places I am required to show up and pretend to work is called Astoria, that's all I know.
I am guessing it's somewhere near Vancouver since the next day I am spossed to be there.
Anyone? Astoria?
do they even have an airport?

Wait, are you being sent to Vancouver, BC, or Vancouver, WA (just north of Portland)?

They filmed The Goonies in Astoria.

You will see trees.
Most likely, they will be conifers.

Here's your airport information.
You should buy some liquor to help the day along.

idiot drummer wrote:They filmed The Goonies in Astoria.

You will see trees.
Most likely, they will be conifers.

Here's your airport information.
You should buy some liquor to help the day along.

Airport of Astoria Guide wrote:The principle industries of Clatsop County are fishing, lumber, and agriculture. The population of Clatsop County was 35,630 in 2000, a 6.99% increase over 1990. High-speed Internet services and telecommunications route diversity were deployed in the county in 2003.

Nice to know that they just got the internet; have fun with that one. What do you do on your airplane job trips anyway? It seems like traveling around from here to there would be kinda cool (minus this trip).

itchy mcgoo wrote:This was the single greatest drinking experience of my life.

Ahem... Details!

They also filmed Kindergarden Cop there.

Beautiful northwest coastal scenery, one of my favorite areas in the region.

itchy mcgoo wrote:Depressing town where the Columbia River meets the Pacific in NW Oregon. Given it's location, the city's economic depression is incredible and it's not lifting anytime soon, despite lcoal meth-manufacturing efforts.

So depressing, in fact, that it lies across the Columbia River from Cape Disappointment, at the southern tip of the Long Beach Peninsula.

Astoria is actually seeing a bit of a small renaissance lately. I think they just added a really nice Safeway, and they might even have more than one Starbucks.

Do yourself a favor, Marsupialized, and track down some legendary PNW weed.

Marsupialized wrote:so I am being sent out west by my company and one of the places I am required to show up and pretend to work is called Astoria, that's all I know.

How was it in Holland, by the way?