Northwest

Living in the Northwest is different in so many ways you'd never think of. For one thing, I'm amazed at how dark it still is even at 7am. And the position of the sun means there are long shadows on the ground even at noon. Sometimes it really throws me off as to what time it is. The nights are getting colder, and our forecast is all rain for the next week. The weatherman says "we've had a break, but it looks like fall weather is finally settling in". Whenever people hear that this is going to be our first winter here, their first reaction is, "Good luck! The first winter is always the hardest." The Portland area gets around 200 days of rain a year. They say the key to beating the blues is to get out as much as possible. If you plan on curling up with a good book every time it rains, you'll never leave the house.