I just love that we are back in Oregon. There is rarely a day go by that I don’t think how happier I am that we are back in Oregon.
How much more at home I feel, more comfortable….even with all the new changes of going back to apartment living and adjusting.
Today the beauty of the state really shown through as I drove home north through the Willamette Valley. And just reenforced how much I love living here.
It was a stunningly perfectly clear and sunny day, saw Mt St Helens to the north and Mt Hood to the northeast.
I work about 30 miles south of where we live, so about 50 miles south of Portland.
We have always lived east of PDX, directly west of Mt Hood. Living near the Gorge (river, cliffs, water falls, and forests)….and it is a totally different scenery then the heart of Willamette (plains & farm lands) that through drive daily to and from work.
I’m so not use to seeing Mt Hood from that angle…..at first I wasn’t sure that I identified the correct peak. When I saw it from the west, I knew it instinctively. It was so different from what we spent 7yrs looking at.
But I knew that I was no where south enough to see Jefferson or any of the other peaks of the Cascades.
Now I need to learn how my favorite mountain looks from the SW angel. 
Damn, I do love this state.