Please critique my itinerary to WA/OR
We're planning a six week trip from western VA to WA and OR in Sept./Oct. There are some people we plan to meet up with out there, so our itinerary has to mesh with the times they are available. So I'...
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Ed_Gee wrote:donn0128 wrote:
Second generation Oregonian, I have seen hard freeze every month of the year in Central Oregon. While Sept on the coast is usually nice, by the second week of October the rains can set in pretty steady. Everbody has their opinions, and I expressed mine. You are welcome to express yours!
Donn, my perceptions are different than yours. Our annual rainfall avg. here on the Central coast is only 5" in October, and negligible in Sept. However, it certainly can vary year to year.... and be more up North.....but my point is that it is nothing to be of concern for the planned trip by the original poster. Your temps in the Bend / Central Oregon area are the same situation ... I don't consider temps in the upper 20s to low 30s to be of great concern...although if it rains at those times that could be a problem on the passes. The zero degrees I experienced in Burns a couple Winters ago is definitely a "hard freeze", though. I just did not want the original poster to be too dissuaded from his trip during that period of the year as most of it should be just dandy for him.
Me neither, but he really needs to be prepared for the worst. I have walked on the beach in short sleeves in January. I have also seen snow on the beach in January. My point is Oregon is one of the most unpredictable areas of the country.
