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 Firecracker Dog Lover
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| If I had to live in WA and had my choice of the Eastern side of the state I too would choose Dayton, super cute town, small but close to Walla Walla and the mountains, I just like the "feel" of the town. | |
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 Roan On The Range
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Location: Stephenville, TX | hammer_time - 2015-06-23 8:17 PM Steer clear of the west side: too many people, too wet, too many liberals. Hah! I grew up in Central WA. --Ellensburg is really windy, steer clear. Strong horse/ranching community though. --30-40 miles south you have Yakima/Selah/Naches which is a little bigger, but not as pretty. But the weather is 10x better. --Prosser/Sunnyside/Toppenish are nice little ranching towns. --Tri-Cities/Walla Walla has the good weather and is like the Mecca of barrel racing. You're also really close to Hermiston. Milder winters in this area. Not terribly pretty areas but still nice enough, especially when you get closer to Walla Walla. --Spokane area I'm not terribly familiar with but you are pretty secluded on one side of the state as far as traveling to barrel races. --Bend, Redmond, Terrebonne, Prineville--all pretty good towns and will be a good size with shopping close by. If I had to move to Oregon I'd probably pick Redmond, Bend, or Pendleton. --The Sweet Home, Corvallis, Philomath, McMinnville, Canby, etc areas are really pretty, but might be too busy with traffic/people.
I lived in Canby, OR forever. Hard to beat the summers up there. Once summer is over, the overcast skies and rain gets old real quick though. I personally NEED sun. There's a fair amount of barrel racing around there (now that I live in Texas, my opinion of "a lot" of barrel races has changed dramatically LOL!). Anything within a reasonable commuting distance to Portland (like Canby) is getting pretty suburbanized and with that comes people, traffic, higher cost of living, etc. If you live on the west side of OR/WA and you want to ride all year, you'll need access to an indoor arena (either build one or haul to one). It rains often enough that the ground doesn't have a chance to dry out for most of the fall, winter and spring. It's been dry up there this year, but that's unusual and the normal weather pattern will be back. I have no plans to ever leave Texas, but if I had to move back to the west coast, I'd land around Madras, Redmond or Bend. | |
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  The Color Specialist
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Location: Washington. (The DRY side.) | hammer_time - 2015-06-23 11:08 PM kakbarrelracer - 2015-06-23 10:27 PM hammer_time - 2015-06-23 6:17 PM Steer clear of the west side: too many people, too wet, too many liberals. Hah! I grew up in Central WA. --Ellensburg is really windy, steer clear. Strong horse/ranching community though. --30-40 miles south you have Yakima/Selah/Naches which is a little bigger, but not as pretty. But the weather is 10x better. --Prosser/Sunnyside/Toppenish are nice little ranching towns. --Tri-Cities/Walla Walla has the good weather and is like the Mecca of barrel racing. You're also really close to Hermiston. Milder winters in this area. Not terribly pretty areas but still nice enough, especially when you get closer to Walla Walla. --Spokane area I'm not terribly familiar with but you are pretty secluded on one side of the state as far as traveling to barrel races. --Bend, Redmond, Terrebonne, Prineville--all pretty good towns and will be a good size with shopping close by. If I had to move to Oregon I'd probably pick Redmond, Bend, or Pendleton. --The Sweet Home, Corvallis, Philomath, McMinnville, Canby, etc areas are really pretty, but might be too busy with traffic/people. I have to disagree, I think Tri-Cities, Hermiston, Prosser areas are beautiful. I love the sagebrush, irrigated farmland and sunsets. You can see a long ways around here. : )
 
I live in Coulee City. YES, there is NEAT scenery.)The above 2 sunsets are EXACTLY like they came from the camera. They are not enhanced or changed in ANY WAY! Unfortunately we only have 2 seasons, winter and summer. And sometimes BOTH in the same week!
This is my view. I live on the west side of Banks Lake, right above the lake on the wall. (Unfortunately I don't have a panoramic view camera. I can see for MILES.)
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North west (This one is taken from across the lake from where I live.)
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Firecracker Dog Lover
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| RacingQH - 2015-06-25 12:51 PM hammer_time - 2015-06-23 11:08 PM kakbarrelracer - 2015-06-23 10:27 PM hammer_time - 2015-06-23 6:17 PM Steer clear of the west side: too many people, too wet, too many liberals. Hah! I grew up in Central WA. --Ellensburg is really windy, steer clear. Strong horse/ranching community though. --30-40 miles south you have Yakima/Selah/Naches which is a little bigger, but not as pretty. But the weather is 10x better. --Prosser/Sunnyside/Toppenish are nice little ranching towns. --Tri-Cities/Walla Walla has the good weather and is like the Mecca of barrel racing. You're also really close to Hermiston. Milder winters in this area. Not terribly pretty areas but still nice enough, especially when you get closer to Walla Walla. --Spokane area I'm not terribly familiar with but you are pretty secluded on one side of the state as far as traveling to barrel races. --Bend, Redmond, Terrebonne, Prineville--all pretty good towns and will be a good size with shopping close by. If I had to move to Oregon I'd probably pick Redmond, Bend, or Pendleton. --The Sweet Home, Corvallis, Philomath, McMinnville, Canby, etc areas are really pretty, but might be too busy with traffic/people. I have to disagree, I think Tri-Cities, Hermiston, Prosser areas are beautiful. I love the sagebrush, irrigated farmland and sunsets. You can see a long ways around here. : )
I live in Coulee City. YES, there is NEAT scenery.)The above 2 sunsets are EXACTLY like they came from the camera. They are not enhanced or changed in ANY WAY! Unfortunately we only have 2 seasons, winter and summer. And sometimes BOTH in the same week!
This is my view. I live on the west side of Banks Lake, right above the lake on the wall. (Unfortunately I don't have a panoramic view camera. I can see for MILES.)
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South
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North west (This one is taken from across the lake from where I live. )
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Tracy I invite you to come to the WA NBHA state finals in Moses Lake in September - then I can officially meet you! | |
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| I grew up in clarkston Washington and spent tje last ten years in yacolt Washington just north of Vancouver its beautiful there. | |
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| I live in the Columbia Gorge. On the Washington/Oregon border. It's absolutely beautiful here. And we have everything kind of landscape in my county lol. Rainforest, desert, farmlands, river. I love it here. | |
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