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Habit I guess. I work on the Columbia regularly so I'm very familiar. Also, most of my trips either start or end in Portland so I'm going to the Columbia anyway. Gray's is definately an option, but one to be done during the daylight. It's a weird entrance that's hard to navigate at night if you're not familar.
By the way, at any of these bar's you can call the Coast Guard and ask for an escort. Just let them know that you're in unfamiliar waters and, if they're available they'll come out and give you a hand. I've never heard of any recriminations as a result of an escort request, but I have seen first hand the "hard" inspection that goes on after a grounding that should have been avoided.
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