Corvallis OR
First time to visit this town. Came here to photograph the campus signs of Oregon State University.

Eugene OR
A few years ago I visited the University of Oregon here to photograph the campus signs. But at that time, I could not find the signs. So had to come back again although I really would like to have avoided this city, for three reasons. One, it was a slow, long mountainous drive to get here. Two, it meant I had to drive many more miles on I-5 north. I learned the last time I was in Oregon that I-5 is basically bumper-to-bumper traffic in both lanes through the entire state -- California border to Washington border. And, three, in Oregon, it is a state law that people are not allowed to pump their own gas, a station employee must do that.

Portland OR
Portland is a beautiful city and I had not originally planned to visit here. Then I realized that Portland State University is here. While I was looking up where its campus signs are located, Later still I learned there also is a University of Portland. So, two campuses to visit to photograph their campus signs. The signs for Portland State were really hard to locate but I finally found them.

Mostly, I was SOooo GLAD to get out of Oregon. I let out a BIG Whoopie when I crossed the Columbia River into the state of Washington. I have been in this states a few times now and simply would never want to live there. I don't even want to visit here again. Highway system is terrible. Cannot get anywhere quick. Hundreds of hundreds of semi-trailer trucks covering the roads and they are required to go ten MPH slower than cars. Interstate 5 is still what I call a parking lot. Just get into the leftmost lane and stay there and keep up the speed of the drivers in front. Speed limits are a mixture of 55, 60 and 65. Drivers cannot pump their own gas, an attendant must do it and s/he is busy running around to from 5 to 10 customers at once, so service is slow. And of course the pesky forest fires that were over much of the state and covering areas with smoke. My planned route got detoured because one highway was closed due to the fires.
Oregon indeed is a beautiful state in many places with the mountains and forests. But just not worth being here, at least to me. #1 thing I judge a place by is: how easy and quickly can I get around on the roads.