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[graceanne]

I have been in Oregon and besides never stoping at the Falls, you know which ones I am talking about, or making a Pit stop in The Dallas, it vera nice. Favorite rest area in the whole US I hade seen is on I 5 in Oregon.

Only in Oregon is there an unoffical third lane on the mountains for big trucks.

Jade these are all correct, but in the dry heat all you need is a swamp cooler not the super expensive air conditioning of most of the eastern half of the US.

Stupid people are everywhere, but maybe the influx of illegal aliens has made Arizona dumber then some other parts of the country??

You need to associate with different people the the ones your are. I Ohio where I have spent untold years, many with the attitude you have for Arizona. The have sign like here but there they also have the area churches welcoming you into town. The small town my adopted mom lives in there much be like 10 churches and this town only has may be 30 thousand or less people. Main street in her town has 4 light so I think we get off ok here.

I grant you that nice trees and landscape are nice but if you hate the dersert region of Arizona so much just move up north a bit to the mountain region or go further still to the plateau region. Having seen so much of the country its hard for me to say that any one area is so much better then anothe because its all different, but I will say that it was sorta a hope that if I was of course still driving, that I might have a place on the west side of Flagstaff. You get the nicer green scenery and snow, plus it would have been a snap to see my mom and stepdad as he lives in the valley. There are worse places to be like Nebraska, a land so flat that makes traveling thur it horrid, that and its over 400 miles east to west.

Northern Oregon is the best state. Well that and Washington, but theyr'e pretty similar. We have almost no bugs, no poisonous snakes, etc. Any climate you could want is within driving distance. And quite frankly I can't believe you missed Multnomah Falls. It's a MUST SEE.

 

[leeroy jenkins]

And to think Canadians have got it worse - we have Saskatchewan.

Only been to Ontorio?? but you got to love it small country roads are 35 or so MPH, but the cops were always cool with me so not problems there. In Canada was the first place I heard of a snow term not a white out but something similar and it was also the first place I drove thur those condtions.

 

[graceanne]

Transfers aren't likely, not for some time. I dropped out of college when I shoulda been going, so the return is going slowly.

I was planning to go to MD. Now I'm planning, I guess, on staying in AZ, unless something totally unexpected and very much hoped for happens.

Sorry so short-worded today. When typing takes an effort and you have to work up the 'care' just to hit the reply button, it's a sign it's almost bed time.

My world might have come screeching to a halt, but the rest of it is still moving and I have work early in the morning.

*hugs* If you need to talk just IM me.

 

[leeroy jenkins]

Northern Oregon is the best state. Well that and Washington, but theyr'e pretty similar. We have almost no bugs, no poisonous snakes, etc. Any climate you could want is within driving distance. And quite frankly I can't believe you missed Multnomah Falls. It's a MUST SEE.

I drove by it does that not count?? Besides if you have been there then you know at least back in 03 when I was up there, no real places to stop a seventy foot vehicle. Also grandparents were up there so I have seen pics just never did stop.

 

[Xelebes]

Only been to Ontorio?? but you got to love it small country roads are 35 or so MPH, but the cops were always cool with me so not problems there. In Canada was the first place I heard of a snow term not a white out but something similar and it was also the first place I drove thur those condtions.

Never been to Ontario. What was the snow term? White out?

 

[graceanne]

I drove by it does that not count?? Besides if you have been there then you know at least back in 03 when I was up there, no real places to stop a seventy foot vehicle. Also grandparents were up there so I have seen pics just never did stop.

Yeah, they've done a good deal of work on the parking lots to make them more visitor friendly.

 

[leeroy jenkins]

Yeah, they've done a good deal of work on the parking lots to make them more visitor friendly.

Now I am but what 12 hours or less away but no car. The falls are nice but its the whole gorge that I love. Hiking windsurfing, kyaking, water skiing, mountain biking. If you can't tell I love the outdoors and water aspects of that general area, to bad I will never get to live there.

 

[graceanne]

Now I am but what 12 hours or less away but no car. The falls are nice but its the whole gorge that I love. Hiking windsurfing, kyaking, water skiing, mountain biking. If you can't tell I love the outdoors and water aspects of that general area, to bad I will never get to live there.

12, hours . . . are you in the bay area? You ever go to del valle before they stopped letting people swim there?

 

[leeroy jenkins]

12, hours . . . are you in the bay area? You ever go to del valle before they stopped letting people swim there?

San Fransico?? Grace for a few years I was a paid tourist, driving the highways and byways so if you could not get a semi truck into it easily then for the most part I would not have seen it. As I thankfully got out of that profession now I am earthbound in Arizona, just down the road from Jade.

 

[graceanne]

San Fransico?? Grace for a few years I was a paid tourist, driving the highways and byways so if you could not get a semi truck into it easily then for the most part I would not have seen it. As I thankfully got out of that profession now I am earthbound in Arizona, just down the road from Jade.

Their's a lot more in the bay area than san francisco. And the bay area is about 12 hours from me. I think. lol It's been a long time since I've driven it.

Do you like Arizona?

 

[leeroy jenkins]

Their's a lot more in the bay area than san francisco. And the bay area is about 12 hours from me. I think. lol It's been a long time since I've driven it.

Do you like Arizona?

You have not said where you live in OR but I can tell you this its only 700 miles from Mexico to OR, so unless your off in the country then it should not take 12 hours. Just looked in my trusty lying atlas and it says Phoenix to Portland is 1337 so that would be rough 20 hours and that is hard driving.

HELL yes I love Arizona, I hate Phoenix too many people but that is not the sum of what AZ is all about. My problem is if work did not dictate where I have to live I am not sure where I would, having seen all but three of the lower 48, how do you say that Oregon, Columbia River Gorge is better then say Glenwood Canyon, Colorado. Or that Jellic, one of those little bita hills back east, is nicer then the last 40 miles or so of I 40 in Tennessee before you hit Virginia??

 

[leeroy jenkins]

To get the thread back on Madam Jade's topic

Only in Arizona can you see a metor crate down the street from city mentioned in an Eagle's song.

 

[graceanne]

You have not said where you live in OR but I can tell you this its only 700 miles from Mexico to OR, so unless your off in the country then it should not take 12 hours. Just looked in my trusty lying atlas and it says Phoenix to Portland is 1337 so that would be rough 20 hours and that is hard driving.

HELL yes I love Arizona, I hate Phoenix too many people but that is not the sum of what AZ is all about. My problem is if work did not dictate where I have to live I am not sure where I would, having seen all but three of the lower 48, how do you say that Oregon, Columbia River Gorge is better then say Glenwood Canyon, Colorado. Or that Jellic, one of those little bita hills back east, is nicer then the last 40 miles or so of I 40 in Tennessee before you hit Virginia??

I'm an army brat. I was born in Colorado, and they have too much snow for my taste. I've also lived in Minnesota, Missouri, Texas, and California. I've driven from Minnesota to California twice. I've driven from Minnesota to Texas and back. I've also driven from Texas to Oregon. I've driven from Minnesota to Missouri, too. I might not have seen all of the lower 48, but not being a trucker doesn't mean that I haven't seen most of the US.

As for Tennessee and Virginia, they're to humid and the bugs are too big. Yuck.

As for the driving, the difference is I've never traveled without children. Takes longer.

edited to add: I was just asking about Arizona. I've seen pictures, I know it can be beautiful. I just don't like the heat (and the bugs). Oh, and I'm in the Portland area.

 

[bridgeburner]

In arizona it is illegal to have two dildo's in one house . . . Ok, how many of you are law breakers?!?

Yeah, my girlfriend found out about this law and had to get divorced.



-B

 

[leeroy jenkins]

I'm an army brat. I was born in Colorado, and they have too much snow for my taste. I've also lived in Minnesota, Missouri, Texas, and California. I've driven from Minnesota to California twice. I've driven from Minnesota to Texas and back. I've also driven from Texas to Oregon. I've driven from Minnesota to Missouri, too. I might not have seen all of the lower 48, but not being a trucker doesn't mean that I haven't seen most of the US.

As for Tennessee and Virginia, they're to humid and the bugs are too big. Yuck.

As for the driving, the difference is I've never traveled without children. Takes longer.

edited to add: I was just asking about Arizona. I've seen pictures, I know it can be beautiful. I just don't like the heat (and the bugs). Oh, and I'm in the Portland area.

I never said that, my point is that even places, I hate, like New York and most of the east coast have some beauty so how do you if you have seen this decide on one location more then another. Maybe its because guys are visual but its the landscape and all of its enviorns that I look to first.

 

[graceanne]

I never said that, my point is that even places, I hate, like New York and most of the east coast have some beauty so how do you if you have seen this decide on one location more then another. Maybe its because guys are visual but its the landscape and all of its enviorns that I look to first.

Everything has beauty. I would love, when my kids are grown, to travel the US and see it all. But I'd still return to the northwest, cause as far as I'm concerned it's the best.

For instance, Missouri in the fall. *sigh* It's what I miss the most about Missouri. Or the mountains in colorado. Gorgeous.

 

[leeroy jenkins]

Everything has beauty. I would love, when my kids are grown, to travel the US and see it all. But I'd still return to the northwest, cause as far as I'm concerned it's the best.

For instance, Missouri in the fall. *sigh* It's what I miss the most about Missouri. Or the mountains in colorado. Gorgeous.

So you see my problem I'm like a little kid at a candy store, so many choices how do you decide. The solution is simple my job will dicate as to where I live so maybe I might get lucky and end up down under or in the great white north??

 

[graceanne]

So you see my problem I'm like a little kid at a candy store, so many choices how do you decide. The solution is simple my job will dicate as to where I live so maybe I might get lucky and end up down under or in the great white north??

LOL Yeah, having your job decide does help, when you can't decide yourself. Family is another reason people choose a place. Even if I hated Oregon, I'd probably stay here. My family is here. K's family is here.

 

[leeroy jenkins]

LOL Yeah, having your job decide does help, when you can't decide yourself. Family is another reason people choose a place. Even if I hated Oregon, I'd probably stay here. My family is here. K's family is here.

It will still be like 3 years from now before I am released and have to decide, but vidoe game at least in the US are made in CA, WA,TX and Chicago, IL for the hotspots. So thankfully I like most of those place visually speaking, but I just hate the amount of people.

 

[graceanne]

It will still be like 3 years from now before I am released and have to decide, but vidoe game at least in the US are made in CA, WA,TX and Chicago, IL for the hotspots. So thankfully I like most of those place visually speaking, but I just hate the amount of people.

Well, in most of those spots their's more rural areas on the outskirts. You can live there, and then just go into the city for work.

 

[bridgeburner]

Only in LA is the David Hasselhoff lookalike in leather pants buying hangover remedies at Rite-Aid at 7am not just a lookalike but actually David Hasselhoff.

-B

 

[charmed1]

Only in LA is the David Hasselhoff lookalike in leather pants buying hangover remedies at Rite-Aid at 7am not just a lookalike but actually David Hasselhoff.

-B

Poor Hasselhoff. Things just aren't going his way lately. LOL

 

[rozezwild]

Yeah, apparently those are called clovers if I recall correctly.

Oh we have those too -- on and off the freaking highway with traffic flying

 

[Xelebes]

Oh we have those too -- on and off the freaking highway with traffic flying

They're better than traffic circles, trust me.

 

[bridgeburner]

Poor Hasselhoff. Things just aren't going his way lately. LOL

Yeah, I felt bad because at first I was just startled by this giant guy in leather pants and by the time I realized who it was I was already staring and it was too late to pretend I wasn't but I was staring because of the height and the pants not because of the celebrtity but I couldn't explain that so I tried to go to the next aisle but then he went to the next aisle because he couldn't find what he was looking for and then I felt it looked like I was following him so I ducked back to the other aisle and it became this kind of crazy dance because we needed stuff from the same shelf.

Eventually I just went and stood in the greeting cards section until he finished his shopping. I figure he gets stared at enough. If it hadn't been 7am and I hadn't been caught totally by surprise it wouldn't have been that big a deal. I'd have smiled and nodded and walked on by but once I started acting like an idiot I just had to keep acting like an idiot. I think it's part of the law of inertia or something.


-B