If you can instantly identify the Truffle Shuffle and have an urge for Baby Ruths, a trip to the Oregon coast is a must. At the end of a 3 hour drive south of Seattle lies the city of Astoria, Oregon. Astoria is probably best known as the filming location for the cult film Goonies. The city has embraced its film locales by turning the jailhouse from the beginning of Goonies into the Oregon Film Museum.
Scattered throughout the rest of the city are various other film locales such as the bowling alley where Chunk smeared the window and the Captain George Flavel House Museum where Mikey’s dad supposedly worked, but the pinnacle of locations to visit is definitely the Goonies House itself. The Victorian Style house sits at the top of a short gravel driveway with a sign that not only lets you know you’ve found the right place, but that Goonies are welcome to walk up but not drive. The house hasn’t changed much since the movie, but then again that’s the beauty of it.
From the Goonies locations we headed up to the Astoria Column which was built in 1926 and was refurbished in 1995 and 2004. The Column rises up 125 feet above the hilltop and, after climbing to the observation platform at the top, it has the most amazing views of the ocean, Columbia River and the surrounding hills and valleys.
The final location to cap off the Goonies theme to our trip was a stop at Cannon Beach to take in Haystack Rock. The large stone monolith juts out the ocean leaving no doubt that you have found what you were looking for. The only thing missing is a galleon sailing out to sea. http://www.thegoonies.org/
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