Maybe moving to Portland

[Wahine]

I live in the Hood River area which is about 1 hour inland from Portland on the Columbia River. So I can't answer a lot of the specific questions about Portland but I can say that you would be very hard pressed to find a nicer area to road bike and the wilderness access is amazing. The pacific crest trail runs north to south along the Cascades, about a half hour drive from Portland, I live between Mt. Hood and Mt. Adams, amazing recreation areas. There's world class windsurfing, kayaking and mt. biking in the Gorge. organized road season starts in April out here, but there are organized rides in the Portland area all year around I think.

I moved to the area from Canada and I love it.

Most of the locals I know plan on a trip some place sunny in the winter to break up the duldrums.

[dex]

The PNW rocks. I moved here (well, to Seattle) from east Tennessee almost eight years ago, and I can hardly believe it's been that long. I'm still discovering new things to do, and see, and try. It is true that it rains a lot around here (not like a hard, driving rain...more like a steady drizzling dampness) through most of the fall and winter, but the summers are spectacular.

(The thoughts of the spectacular summers are what's getting me through possibly not being allowed to ride at all for several months.)

[Drtgirl]

I PM'd you...

[bikerHen]

. . . and if you feel the need to dry out a little, Spokane is an easy days drive away. We have super great mt biking, and some awesome road riding! And more importantly, no humidity! bikerHen

[Starfish]

I'm going to PM you, also.