As some of you may remember, Animated Meat first came to life in 2008 as a way to document some sights that managed to slip through the cracks of most popular travel websites. You may also remember that the original website was built on Apple's now defunct iWeb. From there, it migrated over to WordPress where it met an untimely demise at the hands of Russian hackers. Many of those old, pre-2012 entries have found a new home here in the Before the Now section. I would consider these posts as my starting place as a writer, probably comparable to a musician's first demo tapes. They are very rough, but I took them all seriously and wrote each one with passion. While I would like to believe that I have matured in my abilities as a writer, it is my hope that I carry this same blind passion into all of my new efforts.
Seated high above the town of Astoria is the Astoria Tower. Constructed in 1926, the tower tells the story of the Pacific Northwest in frescoes.
While the tower provides a nice diversion, in my opinion it’s worth the drive up just because of the view if the Columbia and surrounding area. Saying that it’s dramatic would be putting it lightly.
There’s no map for this one. All you need to do is aim for the highest point in the city. On top is the column.
