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    UPDATE: Moving to Bend, OR! (Was: Thinking of moving near Spokane (eventually)...read on...)

    Congrats! Sisters was definitely high on the list, it was actually #1 until our agent told us about the Sunriver/Three Rivers area.
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    UPDATE: Moving to Bend, OR! (Was: Thinking of moving near Spokane (eventually)...read on...)

    Thanks! I did find and join that one a few months ago.
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    UPDATE: Moving to Bend, OR! (Was: Thinking of moving near Spokane (eventually)...read on...)

    Yeah, being able to go and camp comfortably out in the middle of nowhere with amazing views is the best! Those were just Amazon specials, my wife ordered them a few years ago and the closest I can find now is something like this -
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    UPDATE: Moving to Bend, OR! (Was: Thinking of moving near Spokane (eventually)...read on...)

    Ah, hard to win that battle then. I've actually never been to Florida, we always meant to go since it's not crazy far of a drive but we never made it happen. We did go for a walk this afternoon at one of the local forest preserves. Mid-70s temp but humidity already in the mid-60%, it was...
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    UPDATE: Moving to Bend, OR! (Was: Thinking of moving near Spokane (eventually)...read on...)

    Hopefully you can come to an agreement at some point! I've been to Tennessee, beautiful country. We almost moved to Kentucky (Outside Louisville) before we landed in Illinois. Both my wife and I fell in love with the area just south of Bend, OR and Bend itself is a great city. She's given in...
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    UPDATE: Moving to Bend, OR! (Was: Thinking of moving near Spokane (eventually)...read on...)

    Not there, no. We mainly roamed around the San Juans. During our return trip one summer we did go up to 70 and went through Denver but haven't been north of 70.
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    Greetings from Bend!

    I'm not a beer drinker, but my wife enjoys it. Legend Cider in La Pine is what I'm looking forward to when it comes to drinks.
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    Greetings from Bend!

    Based on our visits and research it really does seem like the goldilocks area for us. We've driven most of the US, often times wondering if various places could be are next/forever place to live. We love forests, mountains, rivers, the ocean, I love snow. Colorado was often at the top of my...
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    Greetings from Bend!

    Well, as of the first week in May, anyway. After 10 years in Illinois we're finally heading back west to what we hope will be our "forever home." Packing to move is awful, but at least we don't have to load and transport everything! We've been anticipating this move for about 4.5 months now...
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    UPDATE: Moving to Bend, OR! (Was: Thinking of moving near Spokane (eventually)...read on...)

    Awesome, following that thread and bookmarked your post. Looks like there tend to be a fairly diverse group of vehicles. This is my setup, it's not a rock crawler but as long as the trail isn't too tight it tends to go where I'm comfortable taking it (I'm a recovering Jeep owner and rock...
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    UPDATE: Moving to Bend, OR! (Was: Thinking of moving near Spokane (eventually)...read on...)

    Awesome! I'll keep an eye on the PNW events section as I assume they'll be posted up there. If there's another place that would be good, like a Facebook group, let me know.
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    UPDATE: Moving to Bend, OR! (Was: Thinking of moving near Spokane (eventually)...read on...)

    Awesome, so far my wife and I have made a trip out there (separately), wife flew out in December to do the walkthrough and then I flew out in Jan to get security cameras and such set up since the house was going to be vacant for 3 months or so and we didn't want to have it just sit without being...
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    UPDATE: Moving to Bend, OR! (Was: Thinking of moving near Spokane (eventually)...read on...)

    We're a little over a week away from the move date, pretty crazy. Feels like we've been waiting forever! Some videos of elk wandering through the front of our property there. Play at 2x speed, they're kinda slow. :)
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    UPDATE: Moving to Bend, OR! (Was: Thinking of moving near Spokane (eventually)...read on...)

    Well, we finally have a plan and destination! The place that checks the most boxes is Sunriver, OR (not within the resort area but bordering where there's no HOA and we'll have a little over an acre of land). If all goes as planned then we'll be relocating there in May. Exciting!
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    First snowstorm - Got to test the Falken AT3W in snow......

    I edited my post above, both the 3W and 4W have full depth sipes.