*pssst*

[KelsayDL]

Shhhhh....

Maybe everyone will think it's so boring and dull in the NW that they will stop visiting and moving up here if we don't post anything concerning it.

 

[irishtenor]

It rains every day, and the sun never shines. :>)

 

[onecrazycowgirl]

Right - we get two weeks of sun a year, and that's on a good one. Yay for the Seattle-ish area.

 

[allieisme]

Shhhhh....

Maybe everyone will think it's so boring and dull in the NW that they will stop visiting and moving up here if we don't post anything concerning it.

OHH how I miss the NorthWest!
I love dull and drab!

 

[Reader Nilus]

Not all of the Northwest is rainy. Here in The Dalles, OR we are fortunate if we get 20 inches of rain a year. We have blue sky and sunshine over 85% of the time.
Jeff the Finn

 

[KelsayDL]

Not all of the Northwest is rainy. Here in The Dalles, OR we are fortunate if we get 20 inches of rain a year. We have blue sky and sunshine over 85% of the time.
Jeff the Finn

Jeff...

You have broken the first rule of NW club.


Anyways, I'm more than likely to be moving to the Dalles shortly, if things work out.

I was supposed to go Elk hunting in the area with my Uncle who lives there this sunday.

But I wussed out.

 

[A. believer]

Not all of the Northwest is rainy. Here in The Dalles, OR we are fortunate if we get 20 inches of rain a year. We have blue sky and sunshine over 85% of the time.
Jeff the Finn

There's a street right around the corner from my house in the Bay Area of California called The Dalles. I never heard of that before, and I always thought it was weird for a street name to begin with the word "the." I guess maybe it's named after your city, though. But it seems weird to me for a city to start with the word "the" too. Does anyone know why it's named like that. And what is Dalles?

 

[KelsayDL]

Dalles Are a little furry footed mammal in the colombia gorge area. Or perhaps I should say were.

They were somewhat like lemmings as far as suicidal tendencies go.

One year after a particularly brutal winter, they all scampered over a cliff into the colombia river far below, which was their annual tradition. Unfortunately due to the extreme cold that year, they all died on the still frozen edges of the river.

However, their sacrifice saved from starvation the local tribe of Indians.

Who affectionately renamed their small tribe after the now extinct mammals.

Unfortunately for the indians, they were later eradicated as well by a rival tribe. This was witnessed by Lewis and Clark.

So, eventually the township formed, and it was from the very records of Lewis and Clark themselves that the name of The Dalles was used, in loving memory of not only the Indian tribe, but the lemming like creatures as well.

Another note of interest is that, the name barely beatout the other chosen name of Biggs. Which eventually was founded further east a bit in the gorge area as well. Those who wanted the name Biggs, believed an evil medicine man of the tribe that eradicated The Dalles tribe had cursed the creature and it's very name.

So far the Township has remained in tact.

But one never knows what tomorrow may hold...

 

[Rango]

We have two seasons here. Wet and dry.

 

[A. believer]

Dalles Are a little furry footed mammal in the colombia gorge area. Or perhaps I should say were.

They were somewhat like lemmings as far as suicidal tendencies go.

One year after a particularly brutal winter, they all scampered over a cliff into the colombia river far below, which was their annual tradition. Unfortunately due to the extreme cold that year, they all died on the still frozen edges of the river.

However, their sacrifice saved from starvation the local tribe of Indians.

Who affectionately renamed their small tribe after the now extinct mammals.

Unfortunately for the indians, they were later eradicated as well by a rival tribe. This was witnessed by Lewis and Clark.

So, eventually the township formed, and it was from the very records of Lewis and Clark themselves that the name of The Dalles was used, in loving memory of not only the Indian tribe, but the lemming like creatures as well.

Another note of interest is that, the name barely beatout the other chosen name of Biggs. Which eventually was founded further east a bit in the gorge area as well. Those who wanted the name Biggs, believed an evil medicine man of the tribe that eradicated The Dalles tribe had cursed the creature and it's very name.

So far the Township has remained in tact.

But one never knows what tomorrow may hold...

Wow, I'm glad I asked that question. I've always been mildly curious about the name of this street around the corner from my street because I drive on it nearly every day, but I never imagined the answer would be so interesting. I'm still not sure why the city of Sunnyvale, California used it for a street name, but I'd imagine it would be because the person who named it had some connection to your town. Thanks for the answer. I'll have to tell my kids that story next time we're driving together on The Dalles in Sunnyvale.

The name Biggs sounds vaguely familiar. Back in 1984, my friend and I rode our bikes from Portland, Oregon to our hometown in Massachusetts, and I'm wondering if we rode through your general area. We rode on the "Bikecentennial" trail. Are you familiar with that trail, and do you know if it goes near your area? The only name of town in Oregon that immediately comes to my mind is Mitchell, Oregon. It was a town with a population of about 40 people and it had a little youth hostel that we stayed in.

Most of our time in Oregon was pretty miserable, because we started in early June, and Oregon had a late winter that year. For the first week, we rode through constant rain, with the exception of when we went over mountain passes and ran into snow and hail. The sound of hail falling on your bike helmet while your wearing it is pretty intense. And the towns were about 60 miles apart from each other at that point, because it was mostly forest. Wow, the memories are all coming back to me now. LOL

But once we hit Eastern Oregon it was much better.

After I posted this, I checked out a map of Oregon and I saw where The Dalles is. I don't think we were there, but I didn't see Biggs, so I'm still not sure if we were there. It does sound familiar, though. Looking at the map reminded me that we went through Bend and Prineville. And Baker sounds familiar, too.

 

[Blessedone_74]

WOW, that trip sounds like a blast!! I've been through Bend before, but I didn't reconize the other towns.
Does anyone live near Beaverton or Tigard?
My sis lives in beaverton and parents in Tigard, although it should be just one town, lol, they are so close together. I love Oregon, I go up and visit once in a while. Portland had the greatest shopping!! Hubby and I would like to retire in Southern OR some day, but for now we are stuck in SoCal. lol

 

[onecrazycowgirl]

We have two seasons here. Wet and dry.

Don't you mean wet and wetter?

 

[Blindfaith]

Don't you mean wet and wetter?

Especially today

 

[onecrazycowgirl]

Hmpf. Yes.



Today is just fog and foggier. It's cool to go over the narrows when it's like this - it looks like the fog goes on and on and on.

 

[HisJavajunkie]

Yeah you have wet and wetter. But we have windy and gusts in E. Oregon.