[Paddlewise] Columbia Bar

I guess I'm on a roll today...  ;)

I watched a great program on the teli last night... all about the Columbia 
Bar off the Washington-Oregon coast. Fascinating place. Lots of information 
on the unique and dangerous seas, the natural causes, the commercial and 
recreational traffic, the Coast Guard training, and the pilots who navigate 
the bar for commercial vessels.

I've actually been on the Columbia several times and have visited the coast 
on occasion, as recently as this past summer. Regretfully, I've not paddled 
in the northwest, but I hope to before too long. No, not at the bar... but, 
I am curious if any of you have had boating experiences near the river 
mouth. Or is that just an ignorant question, it possibly being an insane 
idea in the first place?

Thanks, as always!

Tom
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