At 11:08 AM 4/14/99 -0700, Maureen Ellis wrote:

>I spent a long weekend in central Oregon in the Barnhart Rd area about 6
>miles west of Dallas, OR, (20 miles west of Salem on the east flanks of
>the coastal range, still quite SNOW-covered!)

Just a geographical nitpick, if I can do so without offense: this
is western Oregon. Perhaps the central part of western Oregon :)

"Central Oregon" is that part of Oregon characterized by, oh, Bend
and the like.

Nice report, though!



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