You simply must come to see me! I live in the greenest state. If you drive 100 miles east, you will be able to go skiing, and playing in the snow year round. If you drive 100 miles west, you can walk on the the beach at Newport, Oregon, where you can enjoy Madame Tusaud's wax museum, and the Ripley's Believe It Or Not museum, and walk on the beach. If you drive 100 miles north of me, you can visit the fabulous city of Portland, OR where they have Voodoo Donuts, beautiful parks to blow your mind, a zoological garden where they have become world wide experts in the breeding of elephants, go to the grotto (a natural cathedral in the cliff side) and ride the elevator to the top and enjoy a Panoramic view of the Columbia River Goege as in runs between Oregon and Washington state. Portland prides itself in having mass transit (bus, train, trolley) to reach nearly everything.
In my little town and area we have seven old style covered bridges, a mountaintop viewing area to see nearly all of the Willamette Valley in all her glory, especially in late spring early summer, fishing nearly everywhere, and a very polite police force.
We are fortunate to have a large quilting population nearby, so there are quilt shops all around us within a one hour drive of less Ievery community, my personal favorite is "Finally Together" right here in Lebanon, Oregon. Our weather is wonderful, but if you don't like it right now, give it 10minutes, it will change.
The best thing to me, is that we are a mornings drive from Sisters, Oregon and the spectacular quilt show!