Why a Blog On Oregon?

Way back in the late 70's my family took a trip up the Pacific Coast.  Having always been a California Kid, I was amazed as the sandy beaches that I knew gave way to rocky coastline, haystack rocks, pine trees, and mountains (small as they might be) flowing into the ocean.  I was also struck by the rain.  Sometimes a drizzle, sometimes a downpour.  Rarely with thunder and lightening.  The trip was quick but the impression was lasting.  In the late 90's, a job moved my new family, my wife and four kids, to Portland.  We came on the heals of 185 days of straight rain.  We were moving from Salt Lake City, where the sun came out everyday, to a place where the sun had not been seen for 1/3 of a year.  After getting over the inital shock of our move, we began to venture out.  To the coast, to the mountains, to the Gorge.  We quickly came to love our new surroundings.

Oregon is more than rain, more than Portland.  It is a place of unique people, who ride bikes to work, name their colleges after little animals, and never let the rain stop them (while the hint of snow can bring the State to a stand still).  I will share my favorite pictures, favorite places, and favorite things, that I have come across.  This Blog is about all things Oregon