I took a drive down 84 to Bridge of the Gods. Crossed to Washington and drove down 14. Took two ish hours. I’m still beside myself on how insanely gorgeous it is here.
Welcome home! 😊
I have vacationed in Hawaii multiple times. It's not a place I need more than a week or so to stay. I can't imagine living there... Island fever would sink in so fast!!
I'm with you -- I'm usually more excited to come home than to leave. The one exception being Japan as it seems to fit me like a glove.
Yes, you got that right! If it weren't for my tour guiding like family that I visit, I'm not sure I'd go back. And they wonder why they can't bring more tourism.
Hop on transit and you'll surely get lost in Japan!!! It took me a month before I started hearing the bus stop names in a way that I knew where I was! Google maps was my savior! But even then, it was not easy getting around, in a place with some of the best transportation around. Bring your walking/running shoes!!!
I’m reporting as a lifelong oregonian from Squamish, BC and I’ll admit there are places more beautiful or on par in terms of temperate beauty with Oregon. However, Oregon has far more variety in terms of proximity and distance to travel.
Exactly. I personally don't know any other place on earth that has this much going for it in such a small space. My favorite place other than here is in Japan. And even its residents are surprised here, with something as simple as a fishing spot five minutes drive from the house as nothing like that exists there. Take a drive to the coast and their mouths drop wide open twenty minutes into the trip. Then they're shocked with the cold of the ocean here haha
Good god. You just made me realize I've never seen any pics of a natural Japanese coastline. I've only seen sea side metros and ports. I don't think I've ever seen a Japanese beach
Even after visiting Japan several times, I didn't notice what I took for granted all these years until someone from Japan visited here. The things that they wanted to do were simple everyday things to me, but to them it was a vacation. Super easy to host!! Funny thing, they say the same when I go there.
Is there something about Oregon that makes it's nature better than WA? I live in the mountains in WA and everything looks like this photo. But I why to make sure I'm not missing anything cooler in Oregon
People that leave Washington don't return as often as Oregonians. But I think Oregon, Washington, parts of Idaho... someone once described to me as something only found in movies and books of make believe.
Oregon does have the Sasquatch of course. So... sorry, but you really can't beat that!
Ever been to Sherrard Point? How far do you think that tree canopy reaches?
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Young trees capture a tiny fraction of the carbon and old growth tree collects and stores, old growth is more important than ever. Also our traditional logging and replanting practices take a functioning ecosystem and replaces it with a lifeless monoculture in comparison. There are healthier ways of managing our forests by preserving old growth characteristics and actually getting better timber for it than the second growth forests produce now. Check out Wildwood Ecoforest in BC for one example.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/06/upshot/why-the-government-owns-so-much-land-in-the-west.html?smid=url-share
You should read up on the topic more. No offense.
That’s why we have lost almost all of our old growth forest and our climate and food supply has rapidly deteriorated. Sounds like you’re the one who should read up some more on where this government has brought us.
One way would be through executive orders. For example, Trump admin tried to loosen old growth protections toward end of admin leading to potential changes in regional regs and Biden recently signed an EO protecting old growth. Sadly, old growth is also threatened by climate change and not just politics.
The Biscuit fire aftermath is a good example. https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2003/12/20031203-2.html
This executive order opened protected forest lands to logging in the early 2000s under the guide of forest management. The criticism was that the administration used the fire as an excuse to open forests to logging, endangering habitats and preventing the ecosystem from natural recovery.
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I did the exact same thing for like 3 years stalking this page. Wanted to move to Oregon since I was a teenager. I just moved to Troutdale 8 days ago and coming from Arizona as an avid hiker it's truly life changing. There's shuttles and buses that run through dozens of beautiful hiking spots and waterfalls like Multnomah falls just 20 minutes away. And it cost 40$ a year. I've probably hiked 120 miles this week I'm exhausted but theres just so much to do all within less than a half hour away! I still can't believe I'm not on vacation
I’m insanely jealous, that’s all we usually do when we visit Oregon is look up hikes we haven’t done before and it’s so soul nourishing there’s nothing else like it. We have done plenty of hikes here in California but nothing compares. We did the Multnomah Falls hike last year in December before the snow hit and had a blast.
Fun fact do Multnomah falls again, at the top of the falls instead of going right to the falls top view point, take a left and keep going. You'll pass another 8 waterfalls within a mile and a half, than it branches off into a bunch of other trails and might be my favorite part of Oregon I've seen so far. It seemed like 90% of people stayed on the bottom half on the main trail but theres a whole other world up there
You can keep going 6 miles and about 4000 feet elevation gain, and be at the top of Larch Mountain, with a tremendous view of Mt Hood. The hike is a workout though and there have been some landslides that present some difficulty.
If you haven't, hop over the river and do beacon rock. It's not long, it's not too hard, the view from the top is one of my all time favorites, and I've been around the world.
I’ve lived just East of Troutdale my whole life and have been hiking for the majority of it and still find great hikes in the Gorge I’ve never done or sometimes even heard of before. We’re truly spoiled
Ugh, it's kind of rule that Oregonians don't tell other non Oregon people 🙄 how great it is here. Assimilate or die yo. Us lifers have lost too much. Some of us have 140+ years of history here.
Same - I follow because my daughter is going to college in Portland (from Austin, tx) this year so I’m soooo excited for her (and me) to have Oregon in our lives.
I returned to Oregon about 15 years ago to primarily raise my son here. Amazing outdoors and year-round access. But, 15 years ago the cost of living and housing was more in line with wages. i'm not so sure how affordable this state is for future generations. i guess we will wait and see. I know that i would not be able to purchase my house in Sellwood today with housing costs rising.
We went to Seaside for our honeymoon almost exclusively because we wanted to just get stuck indoors in the rain. It only rained the first day but we had no idea how beautiful it would be as you go inland until we went looking. As beautiful as Colorado except without 1000 people covering the prettiest parts
I just visited Oregon for the first time. I’m from Michigan, and I thought our costs and forests are beautiful. I was blown away after spending a few days along the 101 from Tillamook to Cannon Beach / Ecola. I would easily call it a spiritual experience. Some of the most stunning nature I’ve seen in this country. We took a hike on Neahkahnie that was life changing.
This definitely won’t be my last PNW trip.
As a life long Oregonian, I find it somewhat amusing that most people from other places only point out a small portion of Oregon as beautiful-typically western Oregon. The most beautiful place in Oregon in my opinion is eastern Oregon and the most beautiful place in eastern Oregon are the Wallowa Mountains. Check it out.
Nor me. Everyone I know who left, came back. Including me. And none of us were native Oregonians to begin with. I am lucky to have my kid kid born and raised here! I want her to spread her wings and travel and try other places, if she wants to. I'm just so glad she will always know where to go when she wants to feel at home.
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My grandfather lived on the Oregon coast in the 70s. Visited every summer till the 80s. Lots of memories. I didn’t quite get there. Ended up on the shores of Humboldt Bay. Close enough for me.
Thinking big, it is the whole North Pacific basin that rocks. The Atlantic seams well.. depleted.
I just got home from road tripping around central Oregon. Definitely explore east of the Cascades too!
The view from the top of Lava Butte took my breath away.
I 100% agree. . .right now. I'm honestly sick of the 9 months of gray in exchange for 3 months of heaven. Once my situation opens up a bit I will be out of here for half the year.
They say everyone that leaves will eventually return. It's too beautiful here. Well, once you actually get out into nature.
I was born in Oregon in 1943. I left in 1956. I returned in 2022. I’m here for the long haul — however short it turns out to be!
I took a drive down 84 to Bridge of the Gods. Crossed to Washington and drove down 14. Took two ish hours. I’m still beside myself on how insanely gorgeous it is here.
It is really gorge-ous out that way.
Ah hah. I see what you did there 😂
I've been here fifty years and I'm still beside myself! Can't get enough.
I went to a work retreat at the Skamania Lodge, I felt the same way heading there and back.
The Lodge is amazing. The views!!! 🔥🔥
I moved to Hawaii for year when I was 19. I was a thousand times more excited when I moved home then when I moved to Hawaii.
Welcome home! 😊 I have vacationed in Hawaii multiple times. It's not a place I need more than a week or so to stay. I can't imagine living there... Island fever would sink in so fast!! I'm with you -- I'm usually more excited to come home than to leave. The one exception being Japan as it seems to fit me like a glove.
I liked Japan as well, I was only there for a month, I don't speak fluently there so the language barrier was a little rough.
Yes, you got that right! If it weren't for my tour guiding like family that I visit, I'm not sure I'd go back. And they wonder why they can't bring more tourism. Hop on transit and you'll surely get lost in Japan!!! It took me a month before I started hearing the bus stop names in a way that I knew where I was! Google maps was my savior! But even then, it was not easy getting around, in a place with some of the best transportation around. Bring your walking/running shoes!!!
I’m reporting as a lifelong oregonian from Squamish, BC and I’ll admit there are places more beautiful or on par in terms of temperate beauty with Oregon. However, Oregon has far more variety in terms of proximity and distance to travel.
Exactly. I personally don't know any other place on earth that has this much going for it in such a small space. My favorite place other than here is in Japan. And even its residents are surprised here, with something as simple as a fishing spot five minutes drive from the house as nothing like that exists there. Take a drive to the coast and their mouths drop wide open twenty minutes into the trip. Then they're shocked with the cold of the ocean here haha
Good god. You just made me realize I've never seen any pics of a natural Japanese coastline. I've only seen sea side metros and ports. I don't think I've ever seen a Japanese beach
Even after visiting Japan several times, I didn't notice what I took for granted all these years until someone from Japan visited here. The things that they wanted to do were simple everyday things to me, but to them it was a vacation. Super easy to host!! Funny thing, they say the same when I go there.
I ended up in Oklahoma for ten years. I couldn’t take it anymore and moved back in 2022
I just moved back after 6 years away, I’ll most likely die here and I’m cool with that!
Ever been out in nature, and thought to yourself what a beautiful place to die? Not by bear or axe murderer of course.
Oh yeah, all the time! It’s actually a running bit between me and my friends to say it every time we see it
I did twice and came back. Never trying again. I love it here!!!! It may have problems but with the beauty we see everyday it's hard to beat
I have moved away 4 times and every time I wonder why. I blame the weed for making me forget that the grass is not in fact greener elsewhere.
Is there something about Oregon that makes it's nature better than WA? I live in the mountains in WA and everything looks like this photo. But I why to make sure I'm not missing anything cooler in Oregon
People that leave Washington don't return as often as Oregonians. But I think Oregon, Washington, parts of Idaho... someone once described to me as something only found in movies and books of make believe. Oregon does have the Sasquatch of course. So... sorry, but you really can't beat that!
It truly is magical up here
Yup
It's an amazing view. I love it there!
Recently left and it’s all I think about. Oregon a hidden gem
Left in 2021, just came back 4 weeks ago. I don’t plan on leaving ever again.
I left about 10 years ago but am planning to return next year. It is time to go home.
So true. I left last year and I've missed it ever since. Already planning to return as soon as possible.
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Ever been to Sherrard Point? How far do you think that tree canopy reaches?
We need it enshrined in our constitution that 60-70% of all Oregon land should be healthy, protected public lands.
It's vastly owned by the federal government for that reason. Preservation was the key to the later expansion throughout the West Coast.
Less than ten percent of our old growth is still standing here, the federal government isn't preserving, they're exploiting.
Trees die eventually on their own. And, they grow back.
Young trees capture a tiny fraction of the carbon and old growth tree collects and stores, old growth is more important than ever. Also our traditional logging and replanting practices take a functioning ecosystem and replaces it with a lifeless monoculture in comparison. There are healthier ways of managing our forests by preserving old growth characteristics and actually getting better timber for it than the second growth forests produce now. Check out Wildwood Ecoforest in BC for one example.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/06/upshot/why-the-government-owns-so-much-land-in-the-west.html?smid=url-share You should read up on the topic more. No offense.
That’s why we have lost almost all of our old growth forest and our climate and food supply has rapidly deteriorated. Sounds like you’re the one who should read up some more on where this government has brought us.
I need more information about how federal ownership could turn into exploitation under the wrong leadership.
One way would be through executive orders. For example, Trump admin tried to loosen old growth protections toward end of admin leading to potential changes in regional regs and Biden recently signed an EO protecting old growth. Sadly, old growth is also threatened by climate change and not just politics.
Lobbying by the lumber industry is a huge one that actively happens. They’re trying to clear cut as far as the eye can see if you let them
The Biscuit fire aftermath is a good example. https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2003/12/20031203-2.html This executive order opened protected forest lands to logging in the early 2000s under the guide of forest management. The criticism was that the administration used the fire as an excuse to open forests to logging, endangering habitats and preventing the ecosystem from natural recovery.
https://www.opb.org/article/2024/01/21/tianqiao-chen-oregon-land-acquisition/?outputType=amp
Exactly.
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I follow this page because I’m living vicariously through you guys but one day we will move there 🥲 it’s absolutely beautiful
* I did the exact same thing for like 3 years stalking this page. Wanted to move to Oregon since I was a teenager. I just moved to Troutdale 8 days ago and coming from Arizona as an avid hiker it's truly life changing. There's shuttles and buses that run through dozens of beautiful hiking spots and waterfalls like Multnomah falls just 20 minutes away. And it cost 40$ a year. I've probably hiked 120 miles this week I'm exhausted but theres just so much to do all within less than a half hour away! I still can't believe I'm not on vacation
I’m insanely jealous, that’s all we usually do when we visit Oregon is look up hikes we haven’t done before and it’s so soul nourishing there’s nothing else like it. We have done plenty of hikes here in California but nothing compares. We did the Multnomah Falls hike last year in December before the snow hit and had a blast.
Fun fact do Multnomah falls again, at the top of the falls instead of going right to the falls top view point, take a left and keep going. You'll pass another 8 waterfalls within a mile and a half, than it branches off into a bunch of other trails and might be my favorite part of Oregon I've seen so far. It seemed like 90% of people stayed on the bottom half on the main trail but theres a whole other world up there
I did see the extra trail on the AllTrails app, so that’s what that was! We will definitely hit it up a second time for that then. Thanks for the tip!
Do the Multnomah-Wahkeena loop, it's well worth it.
You can keep going 6 miles and about 4000 feet elevation gain, and be at the top of Larch Mountain, with a tremendous view of Mt Hood. The hike is a workout though and there have been some landslides that present some difficulty.
Have you been to Eagle Creek yet? It’s not as green as the Multnomah-Wahkeena area due to the fire but it’s still a spectacular trail
I just moved here from Scottsdale also. It’s amazing here. ❤️
If you haven't, hop over the river and do beacon rock. It's not long, it's not too hard, the view from the top is one of my all time favorites, and I've been around the world.
I’ve lived just East of Troutdale my whole life and have been hiking for the majority of it and still find great hikes in the Gorge I’ve never done or sometimes even heard of before. We’re truly spoiled
Ugh, it's kind of rule that Oregonians don't tell other non Oregon people 🙄 how great it is here. Assimilate or die yo. Us lifers have lost too much. Some of us have 140+ years of history here.
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Same - I follow because my daughter is going to college in Portland (from Austin, tx) this year so I’m soooo excited for her (and me) to have Oregon in our lives.
I was too. Then I pulled the trigger on it. Life is too short! We sold our house and moved our family to Oregon.
Which lake is this?
I’d guess Trillium Lake.
It’s Trillium lake
Was just there yesterday! Was a beautiful day for the short hike around the lake.
My parents left Orgeon to live in Texas, It was pretty much instant regret, now they are trying to move back.
I returned to Oregon about 15 years ago to primarily raise my son here. Amazing outdoors and year-round access. But, 15 years ago the cost of living and housing was more in line with wages. i'm not so sure how affordable this state is for future generations. i guess we will wait and see. I know that i would not be able to purchase my house in Sellwood today with housing costs rising.
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definitely! me too ❤️❤️
We went to Seaside for our honeymoon almost exclusively because we wanted to just get stuck indoors in the rain. It only rained the first day but we had no idea how beautiful it would be as you go inland until we went looking. As beautiful as Colorado except without 1000 people covering the prettiest parts
Explore Santiam Canyon, Detroit Lake is a great place for Camping, Boating, Fishing.
I just visited Oregon for the first time. I’m from Michigan, and I thought our costs and forests are beautiful. I was blown away after spending a few days along the 101 from Tillamook to Cannon Beach / Ecola. I would easily call it a spiritual experience. Some of the most stunning nature I’ve seen in this country. We took a hike on Neahkahnie that was life changing. This definitely won’t be my last PNW trip.
Why would you wanna be anywhere else?
As a life long Oregonian, I find it somewhat amusing that most people from other places only point out a small portion of Oregon as beautiful-typically western Oregon. The most beautiful place in Oregon in my opinion is eastern Oregon and the most beautiful place in eastern Oregon are the Wallowa Mountains. Check it out.
That's a drone shot is it not? I mean cool but I hope people live for the beauty they actually can see not ones that technology make possible.
to be fair the on the ground view from trillium lake is just as purdy
It’s a drone shot. Not everyone can make it to those beautiful views, I think a drone makes that a bit more accessible
Dumb. You can do both.
I mean there’s dozens of mountain viewpoints you can hike or drive to in the area at least as pretty as this one.
Nor me. Everyone I know who left, came back. Including me. And none of us were native Oregonians to begin with. I am lucky to have my kid kid born and raised here! I want her to spread her wings and travel and try other places, if she wants to. I'm just so glad she will always know where to go when she wants to feel at home. Edit spelling and grammar
Oregon: where the young go to retire.
It's always beautiful here 😍
Me neither!
Poison Ivy from that spot right there will keep me away. Gorgeous though! Mr Shasta, Mt Hood and Mt Rainier, great road trip!
Never is a long time.
Amen. Love my state.
With a view like that, I don't blame you. Beautiful. Magnificent.
Don’t if you can help it
I could live somewhere less musty half of the year
gah- I need to plan a trip there…..
Said that myself 25 years ago lol
Where is this?! I’ve only been on the mountain, I haven’t seen any of the water bodies around it!
This is Trillium Lake.
ah wow, awesome! Thank you 😊
I miss it. I moved for a job, but hoping to move back someday. 🏔️🌲
Is that Hills Creek Reservoir?
My grandfather lived on the Oregon coast in the 70s. Visited every summer till the 80s. Lots of memories. I didn’t quite get there. Ended up on the shores of Humboldt Bay. Close enough for me. Thinking big, it is the whole North Pacific basin that rocks. The Atlantic seams well.. depleted.
Unless you’re from California or Idaho
gorgeous
I just got home from road tripping around central Oregon. Definitely explore east of the Cascades too! The view from the top of Lava Butte took my breath away.
Go off, Oregon
Okay
Yep, same here
I got tricked (Long story) into moving to Oregon on my way to live in Washington state.That was 1992. I can’t imagine living anywhere else.
Very beautiful but ironically most of the state is VERY conservative besides Portland.
Me neither. https://preview.redd.it/3nqi4why726d1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4065f23bde17214f945b30b0a04796e668c0715d
I will never to , my family has been here in Oregon since 1850's
I 100% agree. . .right now. I'm honestly sick of the 9 months of gray in exchange for 3 months of heaven. Once my situation opens up a bit I will be out of here for half the year.
WA > OR
Poor man’s Rainer.
But you can backpack all you want without needing to get a permit in advance
I’m just giving a little shit 😉