Welcome To Astoria

I left Seattle around 8AM on a grey rainy and cold morning. The whole Time I was in Seattle I hadn’t seen the sun once. I made my way out of the city back the way I came but would take a detour back over to the coast starting my trip down the 101. I had intended on doing the Olympic peninsula, but decided I had my fill of mountains for the time being.

Its odd how no sooner did I come back into contact with the Columbia River, did the sky once again parted its clouds and sun shown through onto the Oregon side. Reaching the magnificent bridge that leads into Astoria Oregon I was over come with a sense of jubilation. Across the expansive mouth of the Columbia River lay a childhood dream. Soon I would be immersed in a place where my favorite movie of all time took place. Soon I would be in the realm of The Goonies!  

Crossing the bridge I became giddy to what I might find on the other side. I thought perhaps there would be signs and plaques placed about the town dedicated to the honor of the timely classic movie The Goonies!  I first headed to the Astoria Chamber of commerce to ask about any info I could on the shooting location of The Goonies. To my surprise they had limited info to give out, they wanted me to buy the Clatsop county film guide. It turns out several movies have been shot in Astoria, including my other 1980’s favorite Short Circuit and a movie I’ve never seen The Ring 2.

I took what little information I had and set out in search of the locations using only my memory as a guide, which is almost picture perfect, considering I’ve seen the movie well over 1000 times. I wanted to just jump out of my car and start running about the city, but I thought it best to get situated at the Astoria hostel first.