The Bar and River Pilots

All commercial ships and boats desiring to enter the channel at the mouth of the Columbia River must have what is called a “Bar Pilot” to navigate them through the large sand bar areas and into the river itself.. This is called “Crossing the Bar”. All ship captains must have a bar pilot to enter the Columbia River where another pilot called the “River Pilot” then navigates the ship up the Columbia River to it’s destination.

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Oregon - The Northern Coast

July 24th 2007
While others in the rest of the country are suffering from high heat, we are wearing coats and sweatshirts here in Oregon. Days average around 70 and nights are down around 50’s in temperature. The Oregonians say, if the sun is shining it will be windy, and they were not kidding! They are quite used to this weather and when the sun is out, they think it is summer! Most of the photos of us sh ... read more

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