XPost: pdx.general, or.general, or.politics   
   From: baloo@ursine.ca   
      
   Russell Senior wrote:   
      
   >>>>>> "Bill" == Bill Shatzer  writes:   
   >   
   > Bill> The scenery's fine - it's the weather that sucks.   
   >   
   > Bill> Unless, of course, you like ice storms, subfreezing temperatures   
   > Bill> and 30 mph winds out of the gorge.   
   >   
   > In the summer, the wind is a blessing.  It gets DAMNED HOT in The   
   > Dalles.  I recall one day I spent there in my youth (early 1970s) it   
   > was 114F.  It used to be (at least when I watched the local news) that   
   > The Dalles and Medford would often share the hottest-city-in-the-state   
   > honors.   
      
   I'd say Hillsboro or Forest Grove should make the list, too.  Both those   
   towns have a tendency to outroast pretty much anyone during the summer   
   after about a week of warming.   
      
   > BTW: mark your calendars for the Dufur Threshing Bee.  About 15 miles   
   > south of The Dalles on 197.  Second full weekend in August.   
      
   A somewhat more direct and far more scenic route would be from Government   
   Camp via the Mt. Hood Freeway US-26, The Dalles-Government Camp Highway   
   OR-35, and Camp Baldwin Highway/Dufur Mill Road USFS-44.  Just be careful   
   around Camp Baldwin as the camp is in operation this time of year and US44   
   runs through it.   
      
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