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Originally Posted by LakeCleElum
Upside:
Weather - July-Sept
Lack of traffic on southern coast
Beaches, Mountains and desert.
Crater lake
Bend
NE Oregon has some of the best sport driving roads anywhere
Lack of OSP in NE Oregon
Oregon Raceway Park in Grass Valley
Rogue River
Mt. Hood
Emory's
Mosier Route 30 Porsche Museum
Columbia River Gorge
I-5 - Eugene to Calif.
Rattlesnake Grade
Dooley Mtn Rd.
Hwy 395 - Pendleton to John Day
Hells Canyon
Hwy 47 and surrounding roads NW of Portland. Just go get lost for a day.
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To the list, let me add:
Spectacular Mountain Biking!
Smith Rock State Park (climbing)
Crater Lake
Kalmiopsis Wilderness
Crooked River Gorge
No Sales Tax (plenty of other financial issues though)
Rogue River Wild and Scenic Area
Bend - very cool outdoors oriented/micro-brew town
As far as the rain goes, more of Oregon is arid than wet. You wouldn't know that talking to people, but most people live/work/visit within about 75 miles of the I-5 corridor. Once you are west of the Cascades, the rest of the state is much drier. The southern part, where we live, is also a little drier than the northern area. We are more similar to Redding, CA here, in Medford. The rain, even here, does grate on me in the winter. But more than the rain bothers me, it's the fog in this valley during the winter. The fog drives me kind of nuts. I periodically make escapes to California or Arizona to reset my clock.
Sid? You ever come out here, ship your bike and I'll take you on some fine adventures!
angela