by firffighter » Mon Feb 12, 2018 3:31 pm
That's funny you're from Iowa!
My dad's side of the family are all from Iowa. My grandfather came to Oregon fresh off the war to settle in as a engineer for the forest service. He and his new bride fell in love with the amazing PNW and they never looked back. His 1st assignment was at a fire lookouts way up in Mt Hood Natl forest. He would be gone all day at the lookouts while my grandma was by herself in a remote cabin with no phone, no electricity, etc. She is 96 and still says she cried the day they moved in because she was so scared as a young farm girl who'd never seen a mountain, and cried the day they left, because she fell in love with it. He workedhis entire career for forest service in MtHood Natl forest.
Hard to explain out little slice of heaven here in the PNW, but I've traveled across the country, even driven cross country, been to Europe, Central America, etc and the PNW just can't be beat!