I thought you were headed to Eastern Washington, now Oregon, "The ANTI-GUN State" Dude, you might as well give them to me, or hand the state your balls, because you are stepping into the most tree huggin, liberal anti anything but nature state alive. Trust me, my sister lives there, I go there on occasion and if your not a long haired hippie, a ski bum, or a naturalist... you are very limited to what and well damn... Man, I hate to hear that, sucks to be you...
With that said, its a beautiful state, lots of trees in Salem, close to the coast, but far enough to get some sunshine. You did know Oregon has the least amount of sunlight per hour in the United States, and did I mention the rain... Wow, big time climate change for you. Mount Hood is still active, so you may get see that explode, well Salem would be about 5 minutes after the explosion and then it would be covered in magma and ash, but hey you only live once... It also has awesome rivers, like the Rogue river you know "Deliverance," "you gotta purty mouth, boy..." So, if you hear that unnatural, but somewhat similar squeeeeeeeel, well look to the neighbors, there family tree has one branch. Speaking of which, you judge a man's wealth in Oregon not by his size of his wallet, but by how many rusted hulks of used cars growing out of the yard. You have seen those wind chimes with the beer cans and that that's funny, ummm NOT.. That's for real man. Dis I mention my sister lives there, she hasn't shaven anything in 30 years man, 30 ______ years.... Man you just have to love those brochures too. The scenery, wow breath taking, on the one of three days there is sunshine...
So, good luck brother... I hear its pretty there, so what do you plan on doing for work, did I mention the lumber industry that feed the families for generations, well that all ceased when some guy tied himself to a tree, and then another and another, simply because of an owl. You have to love it, the folks there will go out of there way to help you out, either they will shoot you on sight, or call the Highway Patrol.
Did I happen to mention I DONT like OREGON, and my sister, man she hasn't shaved dude... Picture that and you will never look at another woman again in your life...
I'll give you low down, truthfully later, its not all that bad, but it has its extremes...