Vacation 2015, #11 - Oregon, Fort Stevens State Park, Ship Wreck

On the same day as the Military Base visit, we visited the shipwreck of what I believe to be the Peter Iredale wreck of 1906 (read down just a bit at this page to see a little history).  What is cool about this is that it is technically a part of the Fort Stevens State Park that I wrote the last post about.  The men rescued from this ship were taken there for food, clothing and shelter.

No matter to us really at the time, because it was another reason to get us out of the vehicle and a little exercise under our newly expanding "vacation belts".

A picture of a wonderful day of weather that just happens to have a (former) ship in it!

All that was left of her after 109 years stuck in the sand and salty winds of the Pacific.  I would imagine in another 109, that it will no longer be an attraction at all.  Oh, and those two boys in the photo?  They were not the two stowaways that had found their way onto the doomed vessel.

Mama and Caleb getting up close to the remains for some forensic science.

Amazing to see all of the age to the steel and the sea "stuff" that attached itself to it!

That's mom that you can see almost dead center in the photo.  She was taking a picture of me taking a picture of her.  Not really, but it sounds romantic...

Mama and Robby with the waves they crave in the background.

The steel that's been eaten away was astonishing. 

And so it was...   back into the car to discover sand in parts of your clothes that you would think was NOT possible!