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"Ocian in view! O! The Joy!"
"Ocian in view! Oh! The Joy!"
These are the words from the diary of William Clark, written on the day Lewis and Clark arrived at the mouth of the Columbia River where it meets the Pacific.
The quotation is also found on the new Oregon quarter, but the spelling has been corrected.
Astoria, OR, is where we spent our weekend, and had a lovely time despite the rain.
Will stop this now to download some pictures.
*** I'd forgotten how long this process takes. Here are two for tonight. I'll post more tomorrow.
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