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Title: I'm going to Oregon for work
Post by: streetStreet on August 02, 2015, 03:21:06 PM
Hi bikeguide,

Is Oregon cool?
Title: Re: I'm going to Oregon for work
Post by: torontoflatlander on August 02, 2015, 03:55:59 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I1e0fRnNuI

Watch this series. It will answer your questions. Also, probably the custom frame capital of North America.
Title: Re: I'm going to Oregon for work
Post by: master on August 02, 2015, 03:59:06 PM
Where at in OR? There is a huge difference between the different cities...
Title: Re: I'm going to Oregon for work
Post by: streetStreet on August 02, 2015, 04:06:48 PM
Quote from: master on August 02, 2015, 03:59:06 PM
Where at in OR? There is a huge difference between the different cities...

Offloading in Portland and going wherever the wildfires take me.
Title: Re: I'm going to Oregon for work
Post by: Allah on August 02, 2015, 04:49:40 PM
Jelly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRPt-u-e4HE
Title: Re: I'm going to Oregon for work
Post by: Prodigal Son on August 02, 2015, 09:46:44 PM
I drove through a lot of Oregon the end of July. You probably aren't going to be put in Mt Hood, because its wet. However, that place is beautiful.
If you have anytime off, maybe you could go ride some mootin bikes at the ski resorts. It isn't that far from Portland. The coast is sweet, maybe go to Astoria (again not that far from Portland) and reenact your favorite lines from the Goonies. "These are my dreams, my wishes and I'm taking them back. I'm taking them all back."

Highway 97 is wonderous, its like that Red Dead Redemption. Canyons, desert, rivers, high elevation pine forests, volcanic legacies.

The 5 isn't anything special. Highway 128 is fucking sweet! The North Umpqua river winds through a canyon. If you're that far south, Crater Lake is a must.

The coast is really special. You're probably not going to find a beach were people are pretending its San Diego but worth checking if you love the sea. I love the sea.

Now for family vacation photos of Oregon from the other week.
Upstream from Toketee falls. I really wanted to swim here.
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Toketee Falls
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Crater Lake with Dorothy Helen
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Somewhere on Highway 97
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Title: Re: I'm going to Oregon for work
Post by: streetStreet on August 03, 2015, 01:10:31 PM
And pot smoking has been decriminalized!?
Title: Re: I'm going to Oregon for work
Post by: Narcoleptic Insomniac on August 03, 2015, 02:28:56 PM
Are most people in Portland actually cool, genuine and laid back as they're usually portrayed?

How's the mexican food?
Title: Re: I'm going to Oregon for work
Post by: Prodigal Son on August 03, 2015, 03:34:54 PM
Traffic in Portland is the shape of a bird, everyone is always asking "whose dog is this?", I don't know about Mexican food the closest I saw was a bunch of Tapas spots. And pickles. They can pickle anything.
Title: Re: I'm going to Oregon for work
Post by: WryteDays on August 03, 2015, 05:01:57 PM
Quote from: streetStreet on August 03, 2015, 01:10:31 PM
And pot smoking has been decriminalized!?
Just got home from a trip there, pot smoking is legal, purchasing it won't be legal until October 1st.  However you might end up in Washington where it is legal to buy and smoke with nothing but a driver's license.  People in Oregon are extremely nice.  There is also a lot of mom and pop restaurants compared to the chains.  I hit the beach for a day and went to Cannon Beach, they have his massive rock right off the beach and it looks like something out of national geographic, look up haystack rock.  Try to make it to the coast for a day.
Title: Re: I'm going to Oregon for work
Post by: Alex. on August 03, 2015, 05:10:42 PM
Oregon is beautiful! I'd love to live in southern Oregon. HUGE Red Wood trees. Ocean front, hilly, cool people, awesome weather all year long.
Title: Re: I'm going to Oregon for work
Post by: Alex. on August 03, 2015, 05:25:45 PM
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Title: Re: I'm going to Oregon for work
Post by: streetStreet on August 03, 2015, 11:08:36 PM
Me and some other Canadians arrived in Salem today and on our way to stout creek tomorrow.
Title: Re: I'm going to Oregon for work
Post by: ginger on August 04, 2015, 12:41:58 AM
OR looks sweet!
Title: Re: I'm going to Oregon for work
Post by: blueee on August 04, 2015, 12:37:32 PM
Im going to oregon for work tooo, maybe ill accidentally (hopefully not purposely) start a fire for you to come over and put out, and then well get some pizza

The mexican food there sucks. Beans and rice are soupy and they add lettuce and sour cream to everything. Sloppurrito
Title: Re: I'm going to Oregon for work
Post by: streetStreet on August 07, 2015, 12:14:10 AM
Quote from: blueee on August 04, 2015, 12:37:32 PM
Im going to oregon for work tooo, maybe ill accidentally (hopefully not purposely) start a fire for you to come over and put out, and then well get some pizza

The mexican food there sucks. Beans and rice are soupy and they add lettuce and sour cream to everything. Sloppurrito

Quit life come fight fires be a man