An Addendum

I also love not pumping gas. And the sound of rain on the windows.

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Things I love about Oregon:

• Rain.
• Green: trees, trees, trees.
• The coast (not the beach).
• Rhododendron bushes.
• Powell's Independent Books.
• Trendythird.
• Cultural and linguistic and culinary diversity.
  
• Driving on the back roads with the windows down and the music blasting.
• Picnics on the baseball field.
• Saturday Market.
• The waterfront at night.
• The Rose Festival and Starlight Parade.
• Starbucks on every corner.
  
• Excellent music choices.
• Berries galore.
• Tillamook cheese.
• The MAX.
• The Meier and Frank windows at Christmas.
• Liberalism and Democrats.
• Boating on the Willamette River.
• Continual overcast-ness, October to mid-May.
• Pedestrian-friendly drivers.
• Bikes.
• No umbrellas.
• Crazy tree-hugging hippies.
• The lumberjack on the capitol building.
• The old carousel in Salem.
• Silver Creek Falls.
• The brick echo wall.
• Watching Bewitched and The Cosby Show with my family.
• Old Gilmore Girls tapes.
• Eating half the french bread at the grocery store with Mom.
• Talking on the corner for hours.
• Room 155.
• Running into people at Fred Meyer.
• Mashita.
• Mini golfing at Bullwinkle's.
• Zoolights.
• Champoeg Park.
• The general store in Butteville.
• The outlet mall.
• Extreme weather graduation weekend.
• Burgerville.
• The OHSU tram.
  
• Trader Joe's.
• Small cars: Honda Accords and Toyota Corollas.
  
• Sweet concerts.
• The Portland Art Museum.
• PSU.
• Perfect summer weather.

I'm on my way home!