I live in Oregon... where do you live?

Welcome, hiraeth

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I'm in Nashville TN, the Country Music Capital of the world...that's what it's famous for.
 

hiraeth2018 said:
debbie in seattle, hi neighbor! I have spent about 10 years in Tacoma and after that around 25 years or so in the Portland area. So, how bad is that traffic in Seattle? It's really getting bad here and Oregon is aggressively talking about tolling the I-5 and 205 freeways between the Columbia river and south to where I live to help out the congestion... yeah right!
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Traffic in Seattle is terrible! Never go in the city anymore, between traffic, drugs and the homeless, no thanks. It is no longer contained in Seattle, all over.
 
We are in northeastern Florida and really have nothing to say about here or Florida in general. However, our visit to Disney World, another visit to Sea World and a visit to Key West was pretty terrific.

We are currently planning/packing to move back to Colorado. Note that I did say "back", because we lived south of Denver, in Parker for about 5 1/2 years. We were both raised in a snow areas, me/northeastern Indiana and wife/Lincoln Park Michigan. My high school years was on a hog farm there. When we move, it will be to the northern part aka Loveland area. Don't miss the winters there, but definitely miss other things, like seeing the farmland, cattle grazing, acres and acres of corn growing, tractors, and round bales of hay laying around in fields. Winters just happen to be a part of the area.
 

hiraeth2018 said:
treeguy64, Texas is a very big state... longhorns and cowboys if I remember right? Do you get to play in the water at all along that big Gulf of Mexico? My biggest memory of Texas would be the assignation of JF Kennedy.
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I never even let my toes touch the Gulf waters. The Gulf is a cesspool, with jellyfish and Vibrio bacteria present during a good part of the year. We stay far away from the coast, for the most part. Texas has beautiful lakes and streams for those into natural bodies of water, along with great hiking areas and so much more.
 
treeguy64 said:
I never even let my toes touch the Gulf waters. The Gulf is a cesspool, with jellyfish and Vibrio bacteria present during a good part of the year. We stay far away from the coast, for the most part. Texas has beautiful lakes and streams for those into natural bodies of water, along with great hiking areas and so much more.
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treeguy64, I really, really LOL when I read here about what you said about the Gulf waters, but it seems to be certainly true. When we visited Clearwater, Florida, we couldn't believe just how rough looking the Gulf was there. But, many pictures show lots and lots of people enjoying the Gulf waters in Destin, Florida. Perhaps the Gulf waters are better there, compared to in Texas?

But, then again, we'd take a nice running stream or nice lake any day to the ocean or gulf.
 
Florida. Not to be confused with Disney/Epcott/SeaWorld.

We are in the country, with rolling hills, horse ranches, Spanish moss and crystal clear springs
 
I'm in Toronto, largest and most culturally diverse city in Canada. We're known for the Arts, hosting the TFF (Toronto Film Festival) and our film-making industry, plus so much more. For a change of scene, Ottawa is not too far, and Quebec is not much further.

I grew up in Vancouver, B.C. (beautiful place), but have been in Toronto since 1967. More than anything else, I love the fact that over 160 languages are spoken here.
 
BlueDragonfly said:
Florida. Not to be confused with Disney/Epcott/SeaWorld.

We are in the country, with rolling hills, horse ranches, Spanish moss and crystal clear springs
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I LOVE a day at the springs....but it needs to be a really HOT day so that whatever part of me that is sticking out of the cold water serves as a heat-transfer mechanism. It takes some getting used to but it feels so good in there on a blistering day.
 
Pinky said:
I'm in Toronto, largest and most culturally diverse city in Canada. We're known for the Arts, hosting the TFF (Toronto Film Festival) and our film-making industry, plus so much more. For a change of scene, Ottawa is not too far, and Quebec is not much further.

I grew up in Vancouver, B.C. (beautiful place), but have been in Toronto since 1967. More than anything else, I love the fact that over 160 languages are spoken here.
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Love both Toronto and Vancouver. I've only been in Vancouver for several days for the 2010 Olympics but it was an incredibly fun city. We used to go to Toronto every year for the Expo. Sometimes we'd drive and sometimes take the train from Windsor. Toronto was like a dream city with so many fun things to do.
 
jujube said:
Love both Toronto and Vancouver. I've only been in Vancouver for several days for the 2010 Olympics but it was an incredibly fun city. We used to go to Toronto every year for the Expo. Sometimes we'd drive and sometimes take the train from Windsor. Toronto was like a dream city with so many fun things to do.
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We used to go across to Windsor for fun and change of scenery :)

 
hiraeth, those Falls are beautiful. I have not been to Portland for a very long time - since the 60's or 70's. We used to cross the border into Washington State, to Seattle .. then, down to Oregon.
 
HazyDavey said:
Hi hiraeth, and welcome to the forums.. :)

I'm just South of you in Northern California.
I'd say the biggest tourist attraction we have around here is a volcano, Mt. Lassen.
Along with the Mt. Lassen National Park they have there.

Last series of eruptions where from 1914-1917.

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You know on second thought, maybe having a volcano around might keep the tourists away.. :confused:
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HazyDavey, great picture! Living in the "ring of fire" means lots of volcanoes and earthquake fault lines... I was living in San Jose, CA when Mt. St. Helens erupted, I think that was May 1983. My mom lived in Pilot Rock, Oregon back then and sent me an envelope of ash in the mail. I remember the post offices were pleading with people to stop because it was plugging up all their postage machines! I am not familiar with Mt. Lassen... I will look it up.
 
Pinky said:
I'm in Toronto, largest and most culturally diverse city in Canada. We're known for the Arts, hosting the TFF (Toronto Film Festival) and our film-making industry, plus so much more. For a change of scene, Ottawa is not too far, and Quebec is not much further.

I grew up in Vancouver, B.C. (beautiful place), but have been in Toronto since 1967. More than anything else, I love the fact that over 160 languages are spoken here.
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Pinky... thanks for replying! I looked you up on a map. Looks like you are right by Niagara Falls! Always wanted to see those falls. My husband (deceased) and I traveled to Vancouver, BC for an anniversary weekend. Loved the area especially Victoria! I have researched my family roots on my father's side and found out some of the family traveled from Scotland to Nova Scotia in the early 1800's then immigrated down into the USA. It has been interesting research.
 
BlueDragonfly said:
Florida. Not to be confused with Disney/Epcott/SeaWorld.

We are in the country, with rolling hills, horse ranches, Spanish moss and crystal clear springs
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BlueDragonfly... maybe you could post a picture, I would love to see it. Sounds like a part of the state that Florida is not very well known?
 
Ronni said:
Welcome, hiraeth

If you look to the far right of each member's posts, you'll see some stats about them....join date, location and number of posts.

I'm in Nashville TN, the Country Music Capital of the world...that's what it's famous for.
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Ronni, sure I could look in the far right corner but that action wouldn't start a conversation would, that was the whole point of this post. You must have beautiful pictures of Nashville? We all know it is the bedroom community for country music but what does it look like?
 
hiraeth2018 said:
Pinky... thanks for replying! I looked you up on a map. Looks like you are right by Niagara Falls! Always wanted to see those falls. My husband (deceased) and I traveled to Vancouver, BC for an anniversary weekend. Loved the area especially Victoria! I have researched my family roots on my father's side and found out some of the family traveled from Scotland to Nova Scotia in the early 1800's then immigrated down into the USA. It has been interesting research.
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I lived in Niagara Falls for a few years. It's where my daughter was born. Victoria is a pretty city. I never did get to have High Tea there - something I always wanted to do.


On my husband's side (he is Scottish/English descent), they trace his roots to Guernsey. The East Coast of Canada has a large English/Scottish/Irish population. Nova Scotia has a very interesting history.
 
ClassicRockr said:
We are in northeastern Florida and really have nothing to say about here or Florida in general. However, our visit to Disney World, another visit to Sea World and a visit to Key West was pretty terrific.

We are currently planning/packing to move back to Colorado. Note that I did say "back", because we lived south of Denver, in Parker for about 5 1/2 years. We were both raised in a snow areas, me/northeastern Indiana and wife/Lincoln Park Michigan. My high school years was on a hog farm there. When we move, it will be to the northern part aka Loveland area. Don't miss the winters there, but definitely miss other things, like seeing the farmland, cattle grazing, acres and acres of corn growing, tractors, and round bales of hay laying around in fields. Winters just happen to be a part of the area.
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ClassicRockr, thank you for participating! Would love to visit Key West! Colorado is beautiful and yes, the winters can be harsh. I spent two years in Salt Lake, Utah which is located just on the other side of the Rocky Mountains, not too far from Snowbird and Alta ski resorts. My mom lived in Golden, Colorado not far from Denver at the same time so we talked quite a bit just how cold we were!
 
treeguy64 said:
I never even let my toes touch the Gulf waters. The Gulf is a cesspool, with jellyfish and Vibrio bacteria present during a good part of the year. We stay far away from the coast, for the most part. Texas has beautiful lakes and streams for those into natural bodies of water, along with great hiking areas and so much more.
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treeguy64, isn't that too bad? I don't want to start a debate but I think we know what happened there... I just didn't realize how bad it still was. It is the very reason the Pacific Northwest fights so hard against the oil industry setting up business along the Pacific ocean.
 
I wonder, do you folks in the Pacific Northwest ever drive down the wonderful Oregon coast? When my husband and I lived in WA state, we often took road trips down there, enjoying the beautiful shoreline in Oregon, a lot of which is state parks. One favorite place we always returned to was the town of Yachats, right on the ocean, with magnificent crashing surf. This picture is of Devil's Churn, in Yachats. But you really have to hear the sound to get the impact.

 
Sunny said:
I wonder, do you folks in the Pacific Northwest ever drive down the wonderful Oregon coast? When my husband and I lived in WA state, we often took road trips down there, enjoying the beautiful shoreline in Oregon, a lot of which is state parks. One favorite place we always returned to was the town of Yachats, right on the ocean, with magnificent crashing surf. This picture is of Devil's Churn, in Yachats. But you really have to hear the sound to get the impact.

We used to take day-trips from Vancouver, so, we didn't ever get as far as the Oregon shoreline. It looks awesome :)
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I used to go to Oregon a lot to visit my sister. We'd go hiking at Silver Falls State Park or go to one of the marine gardens. Trips to the lighthouses were great, as was whale watching. Haystack Rock was a great favorite, too. Loved Astoria. Loved Portland. Pendleton had an interesting underground tour.
 
Pinky said:
We used to go across to Windsor for fun and change of scenery :)
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We'd go over to Windsor from Detroit at least once a month for three reasons: our favorite Chinese restaurant was over there, you could get a cough syrup called 2-2-2 that was illegal in the US but was the only thing that could tame a Michigan winter cough, and there was a particular Cadbury Egg that was only sold in Canada and I had a jones for it.
 
Pinky said:
Sunny said:
I wonder, do you folks in the Pacific Northwest ever drive down the wonderful Oregon coast? When my husband and I lived in WA state, we often took road trips down there, enjoying the beautiful shoreline in Oregon, a lot of which is state parks. One favorite place we always returned to was the town of Yachats, right on the ocean, with magnificent crashing surf. This picture is of Devil's Churn, in Yachats. But you really have to hear the sound to get the impact.

We used to take day-trips from Vancouver, so, we didn't ever get as far as the Oregon shoreline. It looks awesome :)
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Sunny, yes... driving down the coastline is a favorite vacation for those who love the beaches here. Lots of lighthouses to look for and always a chance at seeing whales. My favorite place to visit is Bandon (near the border of California). It is known to be the banana belt of Oregon. Another favorite is Gold Beach, the Rogue River runs into it... fun jet boat trips there. I was born and raised in eastern Washington near the Blue mountains and wheat fields so there are a few times I still travel east to quiet the need for "home".
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I'm in CT and have never been further northwest than Sonoma, CA.

I know Oregon is famous for hazelnuts (or filberts) which I adore!
 

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