On 2022-04-19 17:15:23 +0000, Technobarbarian said:
On 4/19/2022 7:48 AM, Ralph E Lindberg wrote:
On 2022-04-18 22:48:27 +0000, Technobarbarian said:
On 4/18/2022 8:02 AM, Ralph E Lindberg wrote:
On 2022-04-17 16:42:23 +0000, Technobarbarian said:
On 4/17/2022 7:56 AM, Ralph E Lindberg wrote:
On 2022-04-16 21:10:47 +0000, Technobarbarian said:
It's pretty sad. Oregon has dropped down to the the 8th >>>>>>>> most popular state to move to. In recent years we've been
running number 2 or 3. Living conditions are just terrible here. >>>>>>>> lqtm
Moving In
The top inbound states of 2021 were:
Work from Home has allowed many people to move to more "rural"
areas ... like where we live
Yep, I'd like to move closer to the coast, but the housing >>>>>> shortage there is even worse than it is here in the big city. OTOH >>>>>> retired people are given credit for much of Florida's growth in
recent years.
I was taking a closer look at Eastern Oregon and Washington >>>>>> for one of our up coming trips. One of the things that struck me
is that it looks like most of the small towns have at least one RV >>>>>> park.
TB
Yup, the coast up here too.... a friends Condo in Ocean Shores sold
the first day, for over listing price (and he is a Real Estate
agent in that town).
Speaking of unaffordable housing, been to Bend lately? On the
other end is the dump known as Goldendale.
I lived in Bend for several years late in the last century, so >>>> I'm not a bit surprised by housing over there. Bend has been growing
rapidly for a long time. When I lived there you could get a permit
to remodel a home if you were saving at least one wall. I saw more
than one old wall become part of a bigger new home. I worked on a
remodel project for an older home that had started out as a garage.
It was worth remodeling because you couldn't get a permit to build a
new home in that spot. I haven't been over there in several years,
but we're planning a swinging through there in June.
Because we're headed to the Maryhill museum I also expect to >>>> swing through Goldendale next month. How bad is it? From a tourist's
perspective I couldn't see much reason for it to exist. They have a
barbecue joint that looks interesting.
TB
My sister, her X and her kids live(d) there.... It used to be a
thriving town, based on Timber and Aluminum refining. Then both
closed down. After that the town/county leaders tried to attract the
Retired Crowd and well, that largely failed.
About the only thing going for it is the county seat, Mary Hill
Museam, a few places to eat and the State Park with the Telescope.
The RV parks are, marginal. The SP (campground)"up the pass" has
power lines passing right over it that cause an audible hum. The SP
on the river has train noise and road noise (ya we've tried every
single one)
Cool, thanks. I done good then. This isn't going to be an RV
trip. One of the things that attracted me to Maupin is some cute
little cabins in a fishing camp that has been there for ages. The
cabins were originally used for crews building the railroad there.
They look like they've been nicely modernized, and I've never been to
Maupin. That's a good enough excuse for me.
I've seen the museum before and I'm only returning because my
wife is curious about what must be one of the oddest museums in the
PNW. I have a motel room reserved in Goldendale for a very reasonable
price. Now I know why the price was so reasonable.
The manager there use to have his staff (including the wife of one of
my nephews) not change the bedding between guests if it "looked" clean
The County Health found out and leaned on him fairly hard (with fines)
On 4/21/2022 7:54 AM, Ralph E Lindberg wrote:
On 2022-04-19 17:15:23 +0000, Technobarbarian said:
On 4/19/2022 7:48 AM, Ralph E Lindberg wrote:
On 2022-04-18 22:48:27 +0000, Technobarbarian said:
On 4/18/2022 8:02 AM, Ralph E Lindberg wrote:
On 2022-04-17 16:42:23 +0000, Technobarbarian said:
On 4/17/2022 7:56 AM, Ralph E Lindberg wrote:
On 2022-04-16 21:10:47 +0000, Technobarbarian said:
It's pretty sad. Oregon has dropped down to the the 8th >>>>>>>> most popular state to move to. In recent years we've been
running number 2 or 3. Living conditions are just terrible here. >>>>>>>> lqtm
Moving In
The top inbound states of 2021 were:
Work from Home has allowed many people to move to more "rural" >>>>>>> areas ... like where we live
Yep, I'd like to move closer to the coast, but the housing >>>>>> shortage there is even worse than it is here in the big city. OTOH >>>>>> retired people are given credit for much of Florida's growth in
recent years.
I was taking a closer look at Eastern Oregon and Washington >>>>>> for one of our up coming trips. One of the things that struck me >>>>>> is that it looks like most of the small towns have at least one RV >>>>>> park.
TB
Yup, the coast up here too.... a friends Condo in Ocean Shores sold >>>>> the first day, for over listing price (and he is a Real Estate
agent in that town).
Speaking of unaffordable housing, been to Bend lately? On the
other end is the dump known as Goldendale.
I lived in Bend for several years late in the last century, so >>>> I'm not a bit surprised by housing over there. Bend has been growing >>>> rapidly for a long time. When I lived there you could get a permit
to remodel a home if you were saving at least one wall. I saw more
than one old wall become part of a bigger new home. I worked on a
remodel project for an older home that had started out as a garage.
It was worth remodeling because you couldn't get a permit to build a >>>> new home in that spot. I haven't been over there in several years,
but we're planning a swinging through there in June.
Because we're headed to the Maryhill museum I also expect to
swing through Goldendale next month. How bad is it? From a tourist's >>>> perspective I couldn't see much reason for it to exist. They have a
barbecue joint that looks interesting.
TB
My sister, her X and her kids live(d) there.... It used to be a
thriving town, based on Timber and Aluminum refining. Then both
closed down. After that the town/county leaders tried to attract the
Retired Crowd and well, that largely failed.
About the only thing going for it is the county seat, Mary Hill
Museam, a few places to eat and the State Park with the Telescope.
The RV parks are, marginal. The SP (campground)"up the pass" has
power lines passing right over it that cause an audible hum. The SP
on the river has train noise and road noise (ya we've tried every
single one)
Cool, thanks. I done good then. This isn't going to be an RV
trip. One of the things that attracted me to Maupin is some cute
little cabins in a fishing camp that has been there for ages. The
cabins were originally used for crews building the railroad there.
They look like they've been nicely modernized, and I've never been to
Maupin. That's a good enough excuse for me.
I've seen the museum before and I'm only returning because my
wife is curious about what must be one of the oddest museums in the
PNW. I have a motel room reserved in Goldendale for a very reasonable
price. Now I know why the price was so reasonable.
The manager there use to have his staff (including the wife of one of
my nephews) not change the bedding between guests if it "looked" clean
The County Health found out and leaned on him fairly hard (with fines)
Yeah, when I lived in Bend I worked for a couple different motels
and a place that was doing vacation rentals in Sunriver. I was head of maintenance for a 120 unit motel. I have a pretty good idea what goes on
in the business. Back then there was enough cross talk between managers
and employees that we had a pretty good idea of what was going on all
over town. It took them awhile, but the health department eventually
caught up with the worst offender. Their method was to rotate the top
sheet to the bottom and use a clean top sheet.
There are actually two motels in Goldendale, but I have a pretty
good idea which one you're talking about. Thanks for the heads up.
TB
On Thursday, April 21, 2022 at 2:22:04 PM UTC-7, Technobarbarian wrote:
On 4/21/2022 7:54 AM, Ralph E Lindberg wrote:
On 2022-04-19 17:15:23 +0000, Technobarbarian said:Yeah, when I lived in Bend I worked for a couple different motels
On 4/19/2022 7:48 AM, Ralph E Lindberg wrote:
On 2022-04-18 22:48:27 +0000, Technobarbarian said:
On 4/18/2022 8:02 AM, Ralph E Lindberg wrote:
On 2022-04-17 16:42:23 +0000, Technobarbarian said:
On 4/17/2022 7:56 AM, Ralph E Lindberg wrote:
On 2022-04-16 21:10:47 +0000, Technobarbarian said:
It's pretty sad. Oregon has dropped down to the the 8th >>>>>>>>>> most popular state to move to. In recent years we've been
running number 2 or 3. Living conditions are just terrible here. >>>>>>>>>> lqtm
Moving In
The top inbound states of 2021 were:
Work from Home has allowed many people to move to more "rural" >>>>>>>>> areas ... like where we live
Yep, I'd like to move closer to the coast, but the housing >>>>>>>> shortage there is even worse than it is here in the big city. OTOH >>>>>>>> retired people are given credit for much of Florida's growth in >>>>>>>> recent years.
I was taking a closer look at Eastern Oregon and Washington >>>>>>>> for one of our up coming trips. One of the things that struck me >>>>>>>> is that it looks like most of the small towns have at least one RV >>>>>>>> park.
TB
Yup, the coast up here too.... a friends Condo in Ocean Shores sold >>>>>>> the first day, for over listing price (and he is a Real Estate
agent in that town).
Speaking of unaffordable housing, been to Bend lately? On the
other end is the dump known as Goldendale.
I lived in Bend for several years late in the last century, so >>>>>> I'm not a bit surprised by housing over there. Bend has been growing >>>>>> rapidly for a long time. When I lived there you could get a permit >>>>>> to remodel a home if you were saving at least one wall. I saw more >>>>>> than one old wall become part of a bigger new home. I worked on a
remodel project for an older home that had started out as a garage. >>>>>> It was worth remodeling because you couldn't get a permit to build a >>>>>> new home in that spot. I haven't been over there in several years, >>>>>> but we're planning a swinging through there in June.
Because we're headed to the Maryhill museum I also expect to >>>>>> swing through Goldendale next month. How bad is it? From a tourist's >>>>>> perspective I couldn't see much reason for it to exist. They have a >>>>>> barbecue joint that looks interesting.
TB
My sister, her X and her kids live(d) there.... It used to be a
thriving town, based on Timber and Aluminum refining. Then both
closed down. After that the town/county leaders tried to attract the >>>>> Retired Crowd and well, that largely failed.
About the only thing going for it is the county seat, Mary Hill
Museam, a few places to eat and the State Park with the Telescope.
The RV parks are, marginal. The SP (campground)"up the pass" has
power lines passing right over it that cause an audible hum. The SP
on the river has train noise and road noise (ya we've tried every
single one)
Cool, thanks. I done good then. This isn't going to be an RV
trip. One of the things that attracted me to Maupin is some cute
little cabins in a fishing camp that has been there for ages. The
cabins were originally used for crews building the railroad there.
They look like they've been nicely modernized, and I've never been to
Maupin. That's a good enough excuse for me.
I've seen the museum before and I'm only returning because my
wife is curious about what must be one of the oddest museums in the
PNW. I have a motel room reserved in Goldendale for a very reasonable
price. Now I know why the price was so reasonable.
The manager there use to have his staff (including the wife of one of
my nephews) not change the bedding between guests if it "looked" clean
The County Health found out and leaned on him fairly hard (with fines) >>>
and a place that was doing vacation rentals in Sunriver. I was head of
maintenance for a 120 unit motel. I have a pretty good idea what goes on
in the business. Back then there was enough cross talk between managers
and employees that we had a pretty good idea of what was going on all
over town. It took them awhile, but the health department eventually
caught up with the worst offender. Their method was to rotate the top
sheet to the bottom and use a clean top sheet.
There are actually two motels in Goldendale, but I have a pretty
good idea which one you're talking about. Thanks for the heads up.
TB
Hope you don't pick up any bedbugs from staying at the Goldendale Inn? HawHawHaw!
Conrad Hilton Jr.
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