Where should I move?

[Wahine]

It's a secret, so don't tell anyone.

The Gorge. I'm in White Salmon Washington, 1 hour from Portland, 45 min from skiing Mt Hood, 30 min from x-country skiing at Mt. Adams. World class kayaking, windsurfing, mtbiking....

The Columbia is large enough for water sports and generally warm. April to October you're warm to hot and generally dry. Nov to May you have varying degrees of cloudiness and rain. Much less rain than Seattle or Portland tho. If you want dryer you just head east by 15 min to half hour and you get a much larger percentage of dry and sunny days.

Here's some climate data:

http://www.wunderground.com/NORMS/Di...=none&IATA=DLS

You can come visit for a weekend sometime if you like. I'm only about 5 hours away.

[mountainchick]

You can always come to Japan

[Starfish]

Wow, Wahine, nice offer. Might do that...if so, will PM you. I went to school in Pullman, and loved that climate. I always had the stereotype that the gorge area is super windy all the time. That true?

I have driven up and down the gorge and environs on my way to Pendleton, Bend, etc, but confess I have not spent time there.

[Starfish]

Oh, and here is what FindYourSpot.com tells me. Anyone have comments on these places...biking related or otherwise? I have driven through or vacationed a little in a number of these places...

Utah: Salt Lake, Tooele-Grantsville, Moab, Cedar City, Springville, St. George, Provo-Orem, Ogden

Colorado: Grand Junction, Ft. Collins, Durango, Colorado Springs, Estes Park

Arizona: Prescott, Fountain Hills

Idaho: Coeur d'Alene, Moscow

Wyoming: Sheridan, Cheyenne

Montana: Great Falls, Helena, Dillon, Bozeman, Livingston

[Wahine]

Wow, Wahine, nice offer. Might do that...if so, will PM you. I went to school in Pullman, and loved that climate. I always had the stereotype that the gorge area is super windy all the time. That true?

I have driven up and down the gorge and environs on my way to Pendleton, Bend, etc, but confess I have not spent time there.

It's pretty windy in the summer. That's why it's the windsurfing capitol of North America. But the wind generally follows the river and typically remains along a length of the river about 20 miles long. So on really windy days, you can travel farther east or west, north or south and get away from it. I just go windsurfing instead of riding my bike. It's better to make the wind your friend instead of fighting it. It's very zen.

[Starfish]

It's better to make the wind your friend instead of fighting it. It's very zen.

Aaaaah...you are the one they call Yoda, are you not? LOL

[Wahine]

Aaaaah...you are the one they call Yoda, are you not? LOL

If you're curious:

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showp...0&postcount=24

Minor thread hijack. Back to the regular programing.

[Starfish]

Oh, I don't know...an actual resident Yoda must have some impact on an area's livability! (That, or all that wind is doing a number on your skin, by the pic...)