We have been playing with the idea of selling our house next year and moving up this direction. We wanted to use this week to explore the area and make sure that there are communities and properties in the region that might meet out requirements.
We arrived in Woodburn on Saturday. We spent a good part of Sunday with my sister Stacy and her husband Jack. They drove us around and showed Portland's different neighborhoods. We had lunch out and later had dinner back at Stacy and Jack's.
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| Stacy and Jack. |
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| Jack the cat. |
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| Sagan the puppy. We discovered soon after this shot that Sagan was planting his face in cat poop. |
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| The moment of discovery: Kristen, posing with Sagan, found him to be a bit ripe. Guess who, besides Kristen, need a bath after this shot. |
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| Sagan is a cute little stinker. |
Stacy stopped by on her way home from work on Monday evening. We managed to work in trips to the Wilsonville Camping World and the Salem Trader Joe's on Tuesday.
Wednesday, we took a look across the Columbia in Southern Washington. Washington and Oregon tax so differently that we thought it wise to look at both. We can play with numbers later to see which would work better for us (there are places in California that we still might consider as well).
We only had a couple of listings to take a look at up there, one in Battle Ground and the other in Brush Prairie. The communities were beautiful and the houses were newer, larger and on more acreage than we think we are looking for. We've since seen listings for places in the same areas that are closer to what we want (and, as a result, less expensive - that never hurts).
Thursday, we drove into Portland in the rain and had lunch downtown.
Friday, we just took it easy and went to see a movie in the afternoon.
Tomorrow, we're off to Cascade Locks.
-JC-
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