Oregon people!

[cpsaddict]

Lately, I have noticed a lot of people from Oregon on here. I was wondering how many there really are. I know Jenny is for sure! :D

Just curious!

[LeeLi]

I'm pretty new around here but I am a die hard Oregonian :D Portland is a fantastic city to live in, but shhhh don't tell anyone because we have enough people as it is!

[DaniCPST]

Me! I am in the burbs out in West Linn

[cpsaddict]

I'm pretty new around here but I am a die hard Oregonian :D Portland is a fantastic city to live in, but shhhh don't tell anyone because we have enough people as it is!


No to worry! I too am a die hard Oregonian, but I am clear out in Banks(on 26 headed to the coast). I am die hard country!

[cpsaddict]

Me! I am in the burbs out in West Linn

I knew you were from Oregon, but I was trying to think if I ever worked at a check with a Danielle. I can't remember though! I worked at BRU in Tigard for almost four years and was CPST trained while working there, so I met a ton of CPS people.

Good to "know" you!

[DaniCPST]

I knew you were from Oregon, but I was trying to think if I ever worked at a check with a Danielle. I can't remember though! I worked at BRU in Tigard for almost four years and was CPST trained while working there, so I met a ton of CPS people.

Good to "know" you!

No, I don't think we have done a check together...I haven't done that many yet. I wish you still worked at BRU, I hate going there and hearing their "car set specialist" give out horrible information to customers. It would be so nice if they had a professional to help parents out since 90% of parents go to BRU for their carseat needs. Ughhh!!!!

[scatterbunny]

I love seeing more Oregonians on this board! :D

I was born in Portland, lived there until I was 7ish, moved to Sheridan (a REALLY small town on Highway 18 just west of McMinnville, not too far from Salem), lived in Sheridan until I was 10, then moved to Tillamook (another really small town, but generally more well-known than Sheridan because we have the Tillamook Cheese Factory), on the coast, about 2 hours west of Portland on Highway 26 and then Highway 6.

As an adult, I moved back to Sheridan and worked at Spirit Mountain Casino for awhile, but when it was time to have a family I moved back to Tillamook because that's where Mark was.

I really love it on the coast. I think I do love the Willamette Valley more, but places like Sheridan, McMinnville, Dallas and Monmouth. I like the small towns, I love the country. :D

I love visiting Portland, as long as I'm not the one doing most of the driving. :p

[DaniCPST]

Jenny~ You crack me up with your fear of driving in the city! :D Haha! I hate driving out near the Coast. I do not like rural roads and would take the hectic downtown streets or congested 26 area anyday over them. I think it might just be what you are used to. My aunt and uncle just built a house in Pacific City by Cape Kiwanda and when we stay there we sometimes do the drive to Chinook Winds and I am always sooo scared wether I am driving or am the passanger.

[scatterbunny]

You're probably partially right about driving where you're used to; but for me, the city driving is just TOO MUCH: too many people, too many cars, too many lanes (LOL), too many exits and interchanges, too much speed.

I love my rural country driving. :D I can make it from Tillamook to Lincoln City in 45 minutes or less. I love that drive! I think I know why it might bug you, though--the change in elevation, and the curves? Between Pacific City and Lincoln City the highway seems like nothing but curves and changes in elevation. My ears get plugged constantly.

But the rural curvy roads on the coast are nothing compared to Highway 22 between Hebo and Valley Junction/Grand Ronde. That road is SCARY! I got very used to driving that route when I worked at the casino. I'd stay in Tillamook with Mark quite a bit and have to commute the 45 minutes to an hour to Grand Ronde every night (worked graveyard).

[cpsaddict]

I'm with Jenny! I'll take country roads anyday! Tillamook is only about 45 minutes via Hwy 6, but it's rural. I hate driving in Portland. I always make my boyfriend drive when we go. Every good concert is at the Rose Garden. :(

Oh, I might be going back to BRU soon. It's just 20 hours or so a week, but it is on weekends and weeknights. I will be working only in car seats/strollers. I am quite excited. The last two times I was there it was horrible. I talked to one of the managers the other day and mentioned extended rearfacing, how bad the AOE is, etc and he seemed really receptive. I am going in this week to fill out an app. The only thing in my way is scheduling, but this is important, so I am going to try to make it work.

Also, we stay in Lincoln City quite often and I love it! I get great deals on t-shirts at the Old Navy Outlet. Gotta have my plain ol shirts!

[futuresoccermom]

Wow, there are a lot of Oregonians on here! I don't live in Oregon anymore, but I was born in The Dalles, and lived in Rufus as a child, and also Portland. I still have family in Hermiston.

Jenny- I was in Tillamook this past summer, my dh works at a cheese factory, so we stopped to check out yours.

[fullofhope]

I'm here too! We live in Prineville! :)

[mamato2]

I didn't grow up in Oregon but am 'from' there at this point since we lived there for 3 years before moving to Austin. Just wanted to say that we've seen A LOT of OR plates lately!! I think that is a good thing for Austin :) but it's hard too because it makes my older dd 'homesick' and starts discussions on why we don't visit (too far, too much $) or move back (no job!). A wonderful city and a lovely state!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sniff, sniff .....
C.

[cpsaddict]

Hey, all you Oregonians! Don't forget the Lifesavers Conference is in Portland next year!! I am planning to go and it would be fun to meet some more residents of our fine state! :D

[sugarwoman]

I'm in the Portland area. Sherwood actually.

[Kangaroos]

Another Oregonian here...

[scatterbunny]

Wow, this is so cool--here I thought I was SO alone with my CPS passion in this area, but there's so many of us here. It'll be great to meet some of you at Lifesavers next year!

[Judi]

I live outside Dallas, about half an hour from Salem. Right down the street from Jenny's mom!

[scatterbunny]

Yes, Judi is LITERALLY right down the road from my mom! By chance, I just happened to be clothes-shopping with my mom in Burlington Coat Factory and I told her, "I just HAVE to go check out Baby Depot's carseat selection while we're here!" and she rolled her eyes at me, but off we went. :cool: While browsing Judi came over and struck up a conversation. She told me about the class I just took last month, and the rest is history. If it weren't for Judi, I would not be a tech now! :D

[Knittingfor4]

I'm in the Portland area. Sherwood actually.
No way, me too! I'm right across from Ice rink/Walgreens/Police Station :thumbsup:

Can anyone go to Lifesavers? I want to get certified but I don't think it's going to happen. You have to take an 8hr class before you can take the 32hr class. The one I was signed up for was cancelled for not enough students. There isn't another one before the next 32hr class and I'm going have this baby very soon and don't have alot of time to wait :(

[scatterbunny]

Yes, I do think anyone can go to Lifesavers. :) Here's more info: http://www.lifesaversconference.org/

I tried doing the tech class last year, and also had to do the 8 hour class before the 32 hour class. I tried emailing the coordinator asking if I could just take a test or something to prove my knowledge to skip the 8 hour class, and she said no, that everyone needed that 8 hour class. :rolleyes: So I did that one and signed up for the next 32 hour one. That one involved a 1.5 hour commute in icy weather, NOT fun. And the class itself honestly sucked. The whole vibe was bad, to me. The instructor(s) did not like me, I don't think. I questioned authority too much, I guess. :rolleyes: I was so upset after the first day I had a panic attack on the drive home, and I ended up dropping out.

This year was MUCH, MUCH better. Different location, different lead instructor, smaller class, more passionate classmates, it was just a whole different vibe and went awesome.

So the point to this long-winded post is that don't give up--when the time is right for you, you'll do it! ;)

[cpsaddict]

Yes, anyone can go to Lifesavers and I am for sure going. My certification is expired, but I have to wait until the fall or spring 2008 to recert. due to class scheduling and my work schedule. There is a 32 hour class in June, but it's about 3 weeks for my vacation starts, so that's a no.
The original class I took was held on 4 Fridays, which worked out good for me, bad for some. Those that are not as passionate about the topic tend to forget everything. My class was also great, in terms of instructors. Between mine and the first one Jenny took, they got some new instructors that leave something to be desired. I am waiting for the fall schedule to come out and probably will try to take one of those.
I did take a recert class about a year ago and the instructor didn't care for me, either. Mostly because when they questioned why I answered the way I did, I was quite, uhh, adamant and woundn't tell them I was wrong and they were right. I wasn't wrong. I just wasn't. I have been on these boards for longer than *some*;) of the instructors have been techs.

Hope to see you all next year at Lifesavers!

[AutoShopMama]

Well all you "city folk" can have your busy life...I'll take my quiet northeastern Oregon area...where it doesn't rain constantly!!!!

Hey Judi...Lex loves that Apex! I am selling a dbl stroller today (hopefully) and have a little $$ stashed away, so I might try to talk DH into letting me order an FPSVD too...just b/c I have decided I must have one and won't be satisfied till I get it!!!

[DaniCPST]

No way, me too! I'm right across from Ice rink/Walgreens/Police Station :thumbsup:

Can anyone go to Lifesavers? I want to get certified but I don't think it's going to happen. You have to take an 8hr class before you can take the 32hr class. The one I was signed up for was cancelled for not enough students. There isn't another one before the next 32hr class and I'm going have this baby very soon and don't have alot of time to wait :(

When I took my class it said the 8 hour class was required before taking the 32 hour one but I e-mail the instructor and asked if I could skip it due to my exsisting knowledge. She allowed me to skip it and I was fine...actually I was more than fine since I still knew 95% of what we learned.

[Knittingfor4]

I'm really hoping! I sent an email but haven't heard back. Maybe if I plead and tell her I've been hanging out here LOL :thumbsup:

[DaniCPST]

I'm really hoping! I sent an email but haven't heard back. Maybe if I plead and tell her I've been hanging out here LOL :thumbsup:

Good luck! Who is the instructor...mine was Sandy Holt. I just told her that I bascially knew everything about the rules and installs and that I frequent CPS message boards and keep up to date from my CPST friends...which is y'all on this board.

[Knittingfor4]

Yup, still Sandy Holt! Fingers crossed :D

[Judi]

Cool Kathleen!!! :) :)

[scatterbunny]

Sandy Holt would NOT let me skip the 8 hour class last February. :( I emailed with her, told her I was a member of the CPSPList on Yahoo, that I was a member of 3-4 other carseat boards, that I've been a passionate advocate since 2003, but none of that mattered to her.

[cpsaddict]

Never mind.......not going to go there.....:whistle:

Let's just say that Sandy Holt thinks I am a nut job. Nuff said.:shrug-shoulders:

[DaniCPST]

Yeah I don't think Sandy appreciated me in class, I don't think she liked that I knew stuff. I would never recommend her as an instructor to anyone if they had the choice to choose a different one.

[Knittingfor4]

Well that really sucks! I tend to be the star of class. I love school and learning, and usually come well prepared already and then keep researching additional info during classes and asking questions. I've even been known to start a total side conversation during class w/teachers on new research and details that no one else has a clue about! I've never had a teacher who didn't like this. I'm afraid I don't have a choice though. I have to do it now. I'm already afraid it will be hard. Installing my own seats is quite the feat for me already, in June it'll be worse! I'm 25wks now and starting to show and feel uncomfortable. Climbing into vehicles is bothersome now because my pelvis has seperated already. It's going to be hard enough but I can't wait. The class is full day so I won't be able to do it again for about 2yrs! I really just need to get it done now.

[papooses]

for me, the city driving is just TOO MUCH: too many people, too many cars, too many lanes (LOL), too many exits and interchanges, too much speed.
I'm an upstate New Yorker (equally distanced between Niagara Falls & NYC) surrounded by farms -- I used to road trip to Manhattan at least once a month before I had Leila & before that I was a Freeway speed demon in L.A. :rolleyes: I just can't anymore, not after sliding on 2 wheels with the passenger side of the car up in the air :o Rebekah might've noticed I was totally freaking out in the backseat of the taxicab in Chicago :)

[DaniCPST]

Well that really sucks! I tend to be the star of class. I love school and learning, and usually come well prepared already and then keep researching additional info during classes and asking questions. I've even been known to start a total side conversation during class w/teachers on new research and details that no one else has a clue about! I've never had a teacher who didn't like this. I'm afraid I don't have a choice though. I have to do it now. I'm already afraid it will be hard. Installing my own seats is quite the feat for me already, in June it'll be worse! I'm 25wks now and starting to show and feel uncomfortable. Climbing into vehicles is bothersome now because my pelvis has seperated already. It's going to be hard enough but I can't wait. The class is full day so I won't be able to do it again for about 2yrs! I really just need to get it done now.


Sorry I didn't mean to make you worry. Who knows maybe she has gotten use to more advocates taking the class instead of it just being full of people who are required to take it. And she isn't mean or anything...she just doesn't teach what we believe here like extended rf'ing or harnessing. She also disagreed about the most protected (rf'ing) vs least protected (ff'ing) and basically got all the other instructors to insinuate that I pulled that from thin air and that there was no way on earth it could be true. :o But you'll do fine...just be prepared to hold your tongue a couple times. Oh and I took my class when I was about 24-ish weeks pregnant and it was fine.

[cpsaddict]

Sorry I didn't mean to make you worry. Who knows maybe she has gotten use to more advocates taking the class instead of it just being full of people who are required to take it. And she isn't mean or anything...she just doesn't teach what we believe here like extended rf'ing or harnessing. She also disagreed about the most protected (rf'ing) vs least protected (ff'ing) and basically got all the other instructors to insinuate that I pulled that from thin air and that there was no way on earth it could be true. :o But you'll do fine...just be prepared to hold your tongue a couple times. Oh and I took my class when I was about 24-ish weeks pregnant and it was fine.

The most protected thing was EXACTLY what she did to me! She doesn't like it when she's not right. It's been awhile since I took the class, so maybe she is improving. There are getting to be more and more of us! We'll turn this state around yet!

[DaniCPST]

Maybe we can take over and start teaching the classes in Oregon. We would have some of the best tech's around since we would be teaching everything that is advocated on this board.

[scatterbunny]

Hahaha, the most protected vs. least protected things was one of the things she disagreed with me on, and she treated me like an idiot whenever I asked questions or tried to clarify anything, or when I gently tried to mention things I had learned that seemed to be at odds with what she taught. :rolleyes: It was really awful, I won't lie. I dropped out of the class after the first day, it was so bad. :( I wasn't trying to be a know-it-all, but I wanted to talk about what I knew, and what we were learning, and she wanted a class that just sat there, shut up, and listened to her talk.

Yes, I am bitter. Very bitter. It was a horrible experience for me. Knittingfor4, I hope your class goes better!

[scatterbunny]

Maybe we can take over and start teaching the classes in Oregon. We would have some of the best tech's around since we would be teaching everything that is advocated on this board.

That would be awesome! :D I nominate you to become an instructor first. ;)

[AutoShopMama]

Hey WHEN we do that, can we schedule the classes so those of us who have real children and real lives can attend, instead of being gone from life all week? Yay!!! I'm for it! Who do I call? :)

[cpsaddict]

Yes, I am bitter. Very bitter. It was a horrible experience for me. Knittingfor4, I hope your class goes better![/QUOTE]

:whistle: I know who that is.........


I had to literally sit on my hands through her whole presentation.
There are some really great techs around Hillsboro. Tammy Franks is in charge of car seat safety at Tuality Hospital and she is awesome. I have learned so much from her. Their checks are also wonderful. They work hard to reach the Hispanic community. She does the 8 hour class in Hillsboro and she is very willing to listen.

If you have to take the 8 hour, take it from her. You will learn something, I promise! :D

[cpsaddict]

Hey WHEN we do that, can we schedule the classes so those of us who have real children and real lives can attend, instead of being gone from life all week? Yay!!! I'm for it! Who do I call? :)

When I took my class in 2004, it was 4 Fridays and it worked great. I can rarely get whole week off and I don't even have children!

[AutoShopMama]

The local community safety head here checked and said there weren't any like that any time soon. A week off would be nearly impossibly anyways, but especially b/c dh thinks I'm an obsessed nut and wouldn't go for me being gone for a week just to feed my obsession! 4 Fridays though, that I might be able to pull off.

[DaniCPST]

Tammy is great! She did some instruction in my class and she was the only one whom I felt actually knew what she was doing. Well and one male police officer from LO that was a co-instructor who was okay too!

[scatterbunny]

Yes, Tammy Franks IS awesome! :D She taught my 8 hour class, and didn't make me feel like too much of a freak for asking questions and for being all for ERF.

[Judi]

I will never do a clinic with Sandy again. Even if the retractor was switchable, she made me use a locking clip with all infant car seats. Then see had me install them so tight that I bent one base. THEN she said, remember you have to install it so that the parents can replicate it. WHAT? Unless the parents are car seat addicts like us, there is no way!!!

[DaniCPST]

Are you serious?!?! What a nut! In my class when she would check my installs she would say "they don't need to be that tight"! She actually insinuated that they could be too tight and cause problems! This drove me nuts because I am one of those "if it isn't rock solid it isn't good enough" people and she was discouraging that. Luckily the LO cop (Jeff?) told me later that he also prefers them rock solid and that it was good that I was doing it that way. I honestly just thought she had a problem with me, but apparently she just has a problem period.

[cpsaddict]

The cop from LO is named Jeff. He was in my class in April 2004. He is pretty good, but his co-worker from LO that took the class with me too, is the other "instructor"(I use the term loosely) mentioned above. Get this, her version of "checking" my install, was to look in the car and tell me it's wrong. WTH? Then I got another one over to look and she said it was perfect?? If I hadn't read this boards as much as I do, I would have been very confused.

It's sad these few stand out because there are some really great techs around the area. I have always worked with either Tammy or Gayle from ACTS. She is good, too. There are some good ones in Corvallis and also in Beaverton. I have worked with so many awesome techs. One really cool guy from the Portland Police who has been doing CPS forever. There are some younger Portland police officers who came all the way out to Banks to work our little check! I thought that was awesome!:thumbsup:

[Judi]

I was so soar by that evening. I was about in tears after the clinic. I am all for a rock solid install. If I can rock the car, great! But why use the locking clip if you don't need it? I like teaching different methods, especially if they do have switchable, just in case the shoulder belt causes problems later, but why start with locking clip? She kept saying that she had seen the new curriculum (this was last summer). So I just did what she said. I can't wait to read the new curriculum, to see if everything she said was true.

[scatterbunny]

I thought Jeff was cool, too (he and his coworker and Sandy and Ruth Harshfield were the instructors at the first class I took, the one I dropped out of). I also like Ruth, though at that first class she acted like I should have Hayley (who was 4 years, 8 months old at the time) in a booster and I was crazy for having her harnessed in a Futura. Sandy thought so, too. :rolleyes:

Ruth was at the class I finished last month, too. No mention of the Husky AND Futura in my van for my 5y9mo. :p

[Knittingfor4]

Okay, she gave me the go ahead to apply. She said she's not strict on the 8hr class if you have enough experience. She figures with 3 kids I do. But I'm not so sure! Also, I will be 32wks during the class and I'm really hesitant about my physical abilities. I'm already fat, pg and uncomfy. It's hard work just fiddling around w/my own darn seats. I would skip it, but I won't be able to do it again for a couple years cause it's all day. Plus, I think if she pulled some of that stuff on me I'd just let her have it! We'd be arguing right there in front of the parents. Then she'd probably flunk me which would tick me off to no end :rolleyes: I'm so conflicted now.

[SingleMomTo2Girls]

Still a Utahn for now but will be moving in the next year or so.

Sheridan, Oregon is at the top of the list right now.

Next is in between Chicago and Wisconsin friends in both places.

or Hawaii... lol in my dreams.. thats probably a few years away. :)

That's the current list. :) California is also a slim possibility but last on the list. :)

I guess we'll see!

[scatterbunny]

Chelsae, why Sheridan, OR? I love that town! I moved there when I was in 2nd grade, moved away when I was in 5th grade and then moved back when I was 20. Worked at Spirit Mountain Casino in Grand Ronde for a year before getting pregnant with Hayley and moving back to the coast (that's where Mark's job was/is).

I love the whole Sheridan/McMinnville/Willamina area. It's so small-town, so quiet and nice. But close to the city, too.

[scatterbunny]

Okay, she gave me the go ahead to apply. She said she's not strict on the 8hr class if you have enough experience. She figures with 3 kids I do. But I'm not so sure! Also, I will be 32wks during the class and I'm really hesitant about my physical abilities. I'm already fat, pg and uncomfy. It's hard work just fiddling around w/my own darn seats. I would skip it, but I won't be able to do it again for a couple years cause it's all day. Plus, I think if she pulled some of that stuff on me I'd just let her have it! We'd be arguing right there in front of the parents. Then she'd probably flunk me which would tick me off to no end :rolleyes: I'm so conflicted now.

You should do it, totally. :p You take the test and find out if you pass/fail before the seat check, so no worries about failing due to how you handle the seat check. ;)

[DaniCPST]

I don't know if I already mentioned this in *this* thread, but I took the course through Sandy while preggo. I think you should do it for sure!! You'll be fine!

[mak101376]

Ohhh, I wish I had the time to take the classes! There is no way on earth I could do it right now. I'm in Vancouver, but I lived in OR for the first 26 years of my life, so I still consider myself an Oregonian. Anyone ever heard of Gaston? That's where I grew up.

[DaniCPST]

I have distant cousins that live or lived in Gaston...I went to his wife's baby shower there many years ago. I didn't get to see much of the town though...is there much to see?

[SingleMomTo2Girls]

Jenny - Sheridan because that's where I found apartments in my price range and thats where I have heard good things about. (Thanks for also saying you love it... makes me feel better.)

It just needs to be a location where I could travel from to see family. Which may be another post in an of itself... I may end up flying which means the Regents would have to go. *sigh* lol.

I will have a better idea towards the end of the month when everyone else decides what they are doing! lol

[cpsaddict]

Hey, I am one town over from Gaston, in Forest Grove! Well, between Banks and Forest Grove. What a small world! My aunt and uncle that currently live next door are moving to Gaston next month. My family also farms 180 acres in Gaston.

[Kangaroos]

knittingfor4 - You should do it... Good luck!

[Judi]

Of course I know where Gaston is, but who knows where Dallas is? Chelsea, I would be about 10 miles from you, if you moved to Sheridan!

[cpsaddict]

I know where Dallas is! I work for Ag West Supply, which is based in Rickreall. My bf's brother works at a gym in Dallas and we sometimes meet him for lunch. Nice, little town! I really love that whole area.

[Judi]

Dang, thought you looked familiar! heehee

[SingleMomTo2Girls]

Oh man.. people I would actually know and be able to tolerate where I was moving??

Now watch, Sheridan will fall through somehow!! (Trust me, this is how my luck has been lately.)

[Judi]

Ok then, we will just have to hate you, then you will move here?

[DaniCPST]

Is Dallas off I-84 out East?? I know I *could* look it up on a map..but it is easier to just ask!

[Judi]

Nope, that's The Dalles, Dallas in near Salem.

[DaniCPST]

Haha okay that is what I thought....why do we have The Dallas and then Dallas?!??! Kind of funny! So are you south of Salem? Or West? yes, geometry is my worst subject...:p

[SingleMomTo2Girls]

Lol Judi

I just haven't had the greatest luck today. :) I really like the idea of Sheridan because of the apartments I found there, close to a couple of friends ect. I also like Chicago for the same reason. and Colorado Springs. However, things keep falling through to prevent my moving where I want.

Now, for an example of my luck... a few weeks ago my transmission goes out all the sudden at a specific point on the freeway. Today, I get cut off and then blow a tire at the SAME point on the freeway!!! LOL.

Seriously, luck just isn't my strong point. :)

Although, I did FINALLY find a black bra on the shopping trip before the blowout. And I didn't lose control despite the situation... and the kids weren't with me. Lol.

But yeah.. I'm not in a real optimistic mood lately! If I want things to go a certain way they just don't right now. :) So, I will convince myself I do NOT want to move to Sheridan..... *I do not want to move to Sheridan...*

[SingleMomTo2Girls]

But omg... a competent carseat technician within ten minutes....

I'd move to Europe for that! Lol. I know we have some up by Chicago too though... so, it's a toss up. :)

I'm guessing a final decision will be made by the end of June. :) I'll let you know when it is decided. Chicago is looking the most promising TODAY but it changes a lot.

So much to consider.... doctors, therapists, schools, boyfriend's job, travelling to see family (this might get me the new Recaros if I have to fly....) ect ect ect.

So, maybe given another month I can get it all sorted out!

[Judi]

But omg... a competent carseat technician within ten minutes....

I'd move to Europe for that! Lol. I know we have some up by Chicago too though... so, it's a toss up. :)




Heehee, I'm competent!

[Judi]

Haha okay that is what I thought....why do we have The Dallas and then Dallas?!??! Kind of funny! So are you south of Salem? Or West? yes, geometry is my worst subject...:p

No, we have The Dalles

and we have Dallas

[DaniCPST]

No, we have The Dalles

and we have Dallas

DUH!!! I knew that...it must have been too late at night for me. :o

[DaniCPST]

No, we have The Dalles

and we have Dallas

DUH!!! I knew that...it must have been too late at night for me. :o

[scatterbunny]

Sheridan really is a great little town, the whole area is awesome (Dallas included), but you'd have aways to travel for good doctors and therapists.

I think it's so neat that we've got so many of us in NW Oregon!