I love how impressed she is with the girth of that rope

You guys are getting to be great story tellers quickly....we appreciate the effort

It was interesting to see you check the steering, after a rough crossing past entrance island through Dodd Narrow, The bolts came loose on my steering rocker arm. It was a rather stressful situation, as it was only our third time out with our new (to us) boat. We got through it with the help of another boater who was travelling with us. I now have locking nuts! I think it’s great you guys take the time to show some of these safety checks as it’s a great reminder of all the systems which need to be in good working order to ensure safe boating.

I just LOVE watching you two. Perfect synergy...Captain and co-Captain! Thank you so much for visiting and Goonies house and the Kindergarten Cop house...I was yipee ing and sooo excited...I made up for Shawn’s reserve. 🥰

Glad you guys are having fun. Great channel and always happy to tune in. Stay safe.

Best boater's shore video I've ever seen!!

That is a fun story, Elizabeth!

You guys have a great life onboard M/V Freedom!

I have many, many Columbia River bar crossings under my belt in a 37’ sports fisher. Some days the seas were 12’ on our way back from salmon fishing... good times

Congrats on 20,000 subscribers!

Great vid guys! The weather gods smiled on you- Terrific story, Elizabeth. Love your boat. What’s not to love, right? Thanks for sharing. Life is good~

This is the first time I've been able to comment as i usually watch on tv with the fire stick. I think you guys are the greatest and having Sully along is fun as well. Thank you for letting me come along on your adventures, keep up the great work!

Oh when the wife "questions" she is mad! haha couldn't help myself on that one!

“No rental cars”... hmm.... dat sucks! So much to see around Astoria! You will LOVE the Astoria to Idaho trip!! N Back...😎

Another great video! Thank you for keeping us in tow. Stay safe. Btw, we will take your suggestion and go for the Fish & Chips in Victoria this coming week. Will think of you than.

Good story! Stay well! Cheers!

We had lines on our icebreaker 3 times that and got to watch one of them snap. Wow Elizabeth liking a museum! Enjoyed the music selection, love dancing, which how i met my wife.

I agree Astoria is a pretty cool place to visit. Elizabeth, that was a pretty cool story about your brother.

They used to have a really good fish fry in Blaine Washington but they closed it down. You couldn’t eat it all, you had to take home a dogie bag lol. Shawn you make a great captain, I learn a lot from how you work. Thumbs up!!!

You guys are having some great adventures. (I can tell the swells make the First Mate a little queasy, lol).

Nice video thanks for sharing and I look forward to the video of you guys going UP the Columbia I have property on the Columbia near mattawa and I have a great time sturgeon fishing in the Columbia

Thanks for the great video. I had never heard that the Columbia River bar (barre?) is so dangerous. Thanks for that tidbit. Great couple, great boat, and fun videos. Keep up the good work. I had forgotten that The Goonies and Kindergarten Cop were both in Astoria. Great blasts from the pasts.

I live in Portland. The Columbia River as far as The Dalles is lovely. Only one lock at Bonneville Dam. Passage is possible clear to Lewiston for the persistent types. We've also been all over Puget Sound. Have a good time.

Just a minor point, but if you're cruising the Columbia River from Oregon to Idaho you're going UP the river, not down. 18:37

Such a cool story about your brother!😊😊😊

Very well produced video - Astoria looks like a nice place to spend some quality time. Might have to plan a RV trip up that way.

Another cool Sunday Funday morning video. 🙂 08:50 ~ how MANY breweries had you NOT passed up at this point?!? 😁 11:44 ~ 👍 Thanks again for the great share, I always enjoy your videos. 👍😁👍

Tony Fleming has a video out called "Venture to Idaho". I think you guys will like the trip when you make it. I also think you'll be surprised at how ruff the Columbia gets when the wind starts blowing. There's an old wooden salmon trawler that's been tied up at Arlington for at least one lustrum. The wood in the hull isn't gonna like the fresh water. Seeing the old Columbia River light ship brought back memories. I've got 8mm film that dad took of it anchored off the Columbia back in the 1950's. I was going to tell you to check fuel prices in Oregon before you headed back to Washington but you guys snuck out of port on me!!!(;>)..........................Jim & Rosy(Sea Venture) put me onto you two. I knew there was something about you that had Wisconsin written all over you and then it dawned on me, you guys are Leinies drinkers!!! (Probably from Shawano County and the town of Pella!)(;>)

Great episode. Astoria is a great hangout. Really enjoy the Q&A. Uneventful is wonderful. Congrats on the 20k subscribers.

You guys are doing great job and thx so much for sharing this videos. Safe travels 🙏 💕 🇺🇸👍⚓

Nice job again. We have driven through Astoria, but now we know there are places we need to check out.

Next time you go through there, rent a car or take a taxi up to the lighthouse if it's a nice day, the hike and views are amazing. There might even be some sort of shuttle or public transportation.

This video was special since we moved to Astoria in 1999 with a river view and moored at the West Mooring Basin with a Golden Star 38 and a 26' custom built Arch Davis designed Jack Tar. We sold our house in 2006 to buy our Nordhavn 40 "Midora". After we sold that boat it eventually became "Cassidy", who you have met. BTW did you know that that boat sank in Alaska waters in 2004. Talk about challenges of maintenance and repairs, but totally worth it and a credit to Nordhavn construction.

Awesome .. I've always wanted to cruise into Astoria .. thanks for posting this video.

Your videos are getting better and better..i really enjoy watching. Thank you.

You guys are such a cool couple!!! You live such a "charmed life" I know you both still work, but if you made more videos I think more people would watch!!! Best Wishes!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍👍

I look forward to seeing your cruise down the Columbia to Idaho. Those scooters look like crazy fun. I think it's a good idea to always leave something else to do at each port. I love those Norhavn's.

Great video guys. Nice way to add to my list of places to visit when I get over to the west coast.

“Smooth Elizabeth” Very Smooth !

Another interesting video Elizabeth & Shawn. I really enjoyed Astoria when you showed the museum and all the Coast Guard related things. I served in the Coast Guard for 4 years and enjoyed every minute. Got a kick out of your weather forecasting at the museum, and last but not least ... what type of scooters do you ride as they sure have a great range and battery life seems very good.

Ack!! Great job guys! the bar freaks Ally out.

Lol-that was a neat story, and of course you’re right! Interesting to see that lightship-out here the Nantucket lightship is the most well known, sat at the corner Ambrose and Nantucket Shoals.

excellent video and awesome story Elizabeth I believe you

haven't been in Astoria since the early 90's, but I was on a motorcycle! Great bridge.

You two did the weather like professional meteoralogists😆

You are quickly becoming my favorite KZfaq travel channel. LOVE your Nordhavn!

Crossed the bar many times coming out of Ilwaco. Let’s just say some days are better than others. She looked pretty darn smooth that day. There were some days with hours of 30+’ rollers. Looks of chumming by our passengers.

Love it. I'm thinking just a little bit bigger boat = happy wife.

Love it, love the information and the places are great. Thank you. Regards from Argentina

So cool! Loved you showing the houses from the movies...

Handled it with grace, well done. Glad I found you guys.

you guys need to get a couple of those folding e-bikes from aventon...you' be surprised of the ground u can cover in a hurry plus there is a lot of cargo options on those bikes

Hello Elizabeth, I enjoyed the Dominic/ferret story!!

Captain Shawn! Is looking after That “Good Ship” Freedom!

The restaurant in Kindergarten Cop was at the West Mooring Basin, but they tore it down a year ago, or so. We used to cruise from Portland to Astoria every year for the Seafood Festival, and that was a stop every year!

First time I heard of "the bar" was when our charter captain and mate said they had to, "go check the bar" at 4:30 a.m. Oh dear, said to self. Eight years old and I'm going fishing to people that need to check their bar so early in the a.m.? After I caught-on, I did catch a big salmon, I did get sick--loved the bar ever since.

i truely believe the story ! thats awesome !

My dad was a Coast Guard safety officer. Had to investigate the results when a rope like that snapped. Cut a guy in two. Duluth, MN.

Goodies never die!

As always...I look forward to your sunday videos, I really enjoy them....did you even think of traveling to San Francisco or was Astoria as far as you went south.....

Astoria and the surrounding area is just beautiful. It is one of the places I have always wanted to go and tried to get a posting there when I was at the CGA but was unable to.

While you are on the Columbia, keep an eye out for DB Cooper. I hear he's still at large. Seeing the Coasties training and learning how to handle in the Seas of the Bar, amazing! Ever see the USCG enjoy the self-righting boats as the flip totally upside down under water?

I freakin love this channel guys!!!!! I'm planning future similar travel and this is gold.thank you.

Sweet, I am first thumbs up!

The last question... he's referring to Barb's Fish and Chips at Fisherman's wharf. Its Apparently the best in the world Im from Victoria

Muy buen video Uds hacen una gran labor informativa ademas de ser ambos muy agradables, estoy conociendo america gracias a Uds. keep up the good work

Cool story about Arnold. I have to say, I’m a nerd engineer. Wonderful such a beautiful women appreciates one of us.

Hahaha, just the First Mate? The ONLY MATE!

I just saw the film festival and you guys coming in 1st. I was so happy for you guys. You two rule.

Another great video. Thank you.

That's my back yard no big deal we salmon fishing out their in jet boats and sleds

I could totally go for some halibut and chips right now.

The similarities between preparing for and setting up/ monitoring instruments on an ocean voyage and a long airplane flight are interesting.

You may have picked up a new subscriber or two if you had done the Naked News version of the weather forecast.

What’s with all the green crap in the marina stalls.Jeeze that’s bad. And the ship Peacock my cousin ran that boat...

Great story about your brother 👍🏽

Shawn just wont let you get a word in edge wise.

I'm just here to check out the Nordhavn. I'm a big fan.

Cool video guys 🇬🇧

Awesome vid. Jeff and Dave from PUC says hello!!

Enjoy your channel even though I've gotten to old to cruise anymore. A good location for excellent fish and chips in your neck of the woods is Ivar's at the ferry dock in Mukilteo. I don't know how the other Ivar's locations are but When I'm in the area I make special trips to Mukilteo for that and to plane watch at Paine Field. Good winds and following seas.

I hope you ate a razor clam from the fish market at the marina 👍. They are delicious!!

Damn, second

Good vid guys.

I've always known about the Goonies house in Astoria. But I had no idea the Kindergarten Cop house was there as well.

Y’all should have dual teamed the weather channel pantomime.

We did the Astoria movie walk around when we visited in 2009.

Goonies never say die!

I hope you show some of the trip into and/or out of Ilwaco.

Could you make a video about docking that ship?

Enjoyed that, thanks for sharing.

Your advice about try before you buy reminds me of a story which I was told before I retired. I had a colleague whose father took voluntary early retirement and he and his wife went out and bought a a "huge" Winnebago RV only to find that after 3 or 4 months they were not really enamored with the RV life and the RV had sat in the driveway for 7 months because they could not recover the money they had spent trying to sell the vehicle. If they had tried before buying (rental) they would not have had the expense. They may not have enjoyed the RV life but I believe his father also missed working as he was soon back working after their return.

Awesome videos, guys! By the way, is the halibut & chips place you referred to, in Victoria, Red Fish Blue Fish?

Funny I was wondering where the Coast Guard was. Had dinner with a Coast Guard wife telling me all sorts of crazy "crossing the bar" stories her Husband was up to his eyeballs in. Not to be outdone i got throw down with 2/75 Ranger Stories i was living through at the time just to let her know I thing or two about intense hazing experiences that put you beyond the brink of "did I just die?." If you keep heading upstream there's a famous mansion a super rich dude made for his Wife that used to be truly in the middle of nowhere forever. I think it's big for weddings now. Huge fan of Arnold Schwarzenegger as a movie guy "Last Action Hero" being my favorite as a Movie critic (*NO SEQUEL FOR YOU!*).

You should have self locking nuts on the steering components. So they cannot get loose

Bit random, but have you guys (during lockdown) watched any vids of "Americans try British food" and if so, is anything that you thought "mmmm......i really want to try that?"

Lekker man lekker

Tony & Susan here, What model scooters do you have? And we will look forward to visiting the Maritime Museum when we visit the west coast for sure.

Didn't I just see you anchored at Marrowstone Island a few days ago? How did you get to Astoria so fast?

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