I'm living in Hood River, Oregon for the summer. It's incredible here. I'm mountain biking a lot, learning to kiteboard and ridin the longboard a bunch. The coast is three hours away and the waves get really good. I'm working at a sweet engineering company in the middle of a cherry orchard and can see mount hood from there (snow covered). Everybody here is hard core at what they do. I really like it here and you should all come and check it out. You might just stay. K-bye