Road Trip.

This evening finds us in Bend, Oregon, enjoying a little get-away after some five weeks almost entirely within twenty miles of Seal Rock. We headed east over the coastal range into the Willamette Valley, then over the Cascades to Bend. The west side of the mountains was wet and mossy, the passes deep in winter snow; here on the east side we are still among trees, but in a much drier ecosystem (not unlike the area around Bishop).
We are here sightseeing, and checking the area as a potential place to live. It seems fairly nice, but seems not much different, from many places in California. Surprisingly, real estate prices are not all that low, either.