Oregon and Washington BS thread

Only commute on Mondays. The majority of my other travel is to Tigard to see the GF.

Not sure what you got in terms of hookups, but I need to always gather names for various home repair situations. Some of my projects in no particular order or timeframe:

• find a better way to board up the outside crawlspace access to prevent rodent intrusion
• Pipe fireplace for gas, get a gas fireplace. Might as well pipe for the water heater so it's ready to go when the electric one dies in... 10, 20 years? I might be moved out by then, who knows. Might as well do it though since it's right there.
• fix furnace ducting (it sags and is pretty beat up in places)
• insulate under the house and put in new visqueen
• build a shed with a concrete pad
• tear down fence and replace with chain link
• concrete the gravel RV pad, redo the driveway that is crumbling and has a nasty angle in one section for cars
• re-insulate walls

I always liked the High Desert Museum

 

Better built barns for your shed/pad. I can get you a name for someone to pour the pad too if you want that done. Same with the driveway. Let me get you a number for my dad's concrete/driveway guy. He's also a licensed contractor. I'll pm you info.

 

I’m the same way, moved back to Oregon in May, and waited until December to get a new license plate, still delaying my ID.

Also my annual family camping trip outside of Prineville this weekend. Was anyone on a overland convoy in the Ochoco mountains this time last year? I was hunting and stumbled on 15+ tacos

 

Ha and I kept calling people from Oregon Oreganos. No wonder I kept getting funny looks...

 

Last couple times I've tried to go run Firebreak and the other stuff out west, I've gotten burned. Third time's a charm.

Anyone with skids/sliders and some decent-sized tires wanna come wheel this weekend?

 

Anyone selling a complete drive shaft with carrier bearing for ex cab tacoma.

 

Too bad I have plans for this weekend or I would join you.

 

I got mine and my wife's from Lexus of Shreveport (I think). I will see if I still have his quote. I got the guys name from the RAV4 forums.

 

I got it already for the $1095. I f’d up and told him how much I was getting quoted in my town and told me they wouldn’t budge on the $1095 because they know they’re beating someone else already. Still happy with it though, nice peace of mind for the next couple years.

 

Summer in the Pacific Northwest is hard to beat. So, I wouldn't blame you for wondering why - with a week of sun and 75°F in store before Memorial Day - we were headed for the inclimate weather of the Oregon-Idaho border and Hells Canyon.

So let's start there.

Read the first part of the story and see all the photos - Cold Day in Hell('s Canyon)

see the whole trip report: [part 1] [part 2] [part 3] [part 4]




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I mostly did touristy stuff, but I liked Oregon.

 

...This reroute - it turned out - had a few highlights in store for us. With plenty of recent rain and snow melt, there were some reasonably sized puddles on the road - a temptation that few truck owners would be able to pass up.

And I'm not one of them.

Read the full story and see all the pics: Hells Canyon Part 2 - Zumwalt Prairie to Hat Point

Hells Canyon Part 2 - Zumwalt Prairie to Hat Point

see the whole trip report: [part 1] [part 2] [part 3] [part 4]​

 

As we ticked away the miles, there were two things going through our minds: first - how beautiful it was down here at bottom of the canyon. A bit further north, the sun was now out again, the temperatures were in the 80°F's, and the many-greens-of-spring were all around us. Second - where was this horrible road that we'd been warned - and become so excited - about?!

It's all covered in the full story, complete with photos: Hells Canyon Part 3 - Dug Bar, "Gold Mines," and Horses

read about it in: Hells Canyon Part 3 - Dug Bar, "Gold Mines," and Horses

see the whole trip report: [part 1] [part 2] [part 3] [part 4]
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Hey - curious if any of you OR folks are a licensed electrician? I'm looking to get some electrical work done at a building in Portland. If that fits, DM me and I can provide further details.

 

HE LIVES!!!!

 

Part 4: The Last Full Day

...It was at that point that we were waylaid by the fishery folks who were back at the tent we'd investigated the night before - there to count how many fish they'd caught in their Archimedes-screw trap during the night. We chatted each other up for a few minutes - us curious about their operation; they curious how we even found this place - before setting off downstream.

Hike along with us to the confluence of the Snake and Imnaha Rivers in
Hells Canyon Part 4 - Eureka Bar and a Miscalculation​

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Hells Canyon Part 4 - Eureka Bar and a Miscalculation​

see the whole trip report: [part 1] [part 2] [part 3] [part 4]

and of course, many more trips at adventuretaco.com

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Clean one owner

https://portland.craigslist.org/clk/pts/d/vancouver-toyota-tacoma-total-chaos/6911391347.html

 

My dad is a retired electrician, but he is busy with renovating his kitchen and then helping me with my place... But if you just have some questions I can see if he has advice

 

I’m also an electrician if there’s and non legal advice that I could help with

 

Since I’m seeing a couple in here and I’m an electrician moving out that way to Oregon,how’s the trade doing out there? Looks like plenty of jobs. I’m primarily commercial/industrial.