[PRCo] Re: "sawmills"

[Fred Schneider]

I guess the fine people in Oregon would appreciate someone not wanting 
to go there.  There are too many people who like the climate.   I've 
been to Portland four times in the summer and it was sunny each and 
every time.  The hills to the west catch the coastal rains.  Portland it 
self has a moderate amount of rain.  But go east of the Cascades and it 
becomes pure desert ... sunny most of the time.  And that is only 50 
miles give or take from Portland.   The proximity to the coast means 
that summers are not oppressive and winters are cool, not chilling to 
the bone like Chicago.   Although I've never been as far north as 
Juneau, AK, I suspect that much of the coast from San Francisco to 
Juneau has a similar climate.  I once worked with a man from Juneau and 
he remarked, about the winters, some years we have rain and some we have 
snow. 
Might be a little scary, however, to be living in the shadow of Mount 
Hood and wondering when it will blow.    You  can get some great 
pictures with a 135 to 250 mm telephoto lens of the trolleys on the east 
side with Mount Hood looming over them. 

I like downtown Portland.  The city is large enough that it has 
attracted all manner of ethnicities and for someone who likes a great 
variety of food, you'll find it there.  Kosher breakfasts.  Middle 
eastern dinners.  Oriental lunches.  Mexican snacks.  And even American 
food.   Fantastic part of the world. 


Derrick J Brashear wrote:

>Haven't been there yet but everything I hear makes me share that opinion. 
>My wife, however, doesn't want to move to the "rainy" coast :-\
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