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Old man winter is heading to Mt. Hood from Government Camp to Welches, Brightwood and Rhododendron. Here are a few tips on keeping those pipes from freezing in your cabin or vacation home. You might want to download these tips and post them in your property for future use.
It's that time of year again and a great family outing that many enjoy is the yearly trek to the Mt. Hood National Forest to cut your own Christmas Tree. Snow levels are fairly high this year so access will be good for a while to find that perfect tree. Permits are for up to a 12 foot tree! A permit can be found for $5.00 at the following locations:
On the Mountain:
Zigzag Ranger District, 70220 E. HWY 26, Zig Zag, OR. 503-622-3191.
Monday thru Friday 7:45 AM to 4:30 PM (closed from Noon to 1:00 for lunch).
Saturdays, November 28, December 5, 12 and 19 from 7:45 AM to 4:30 PM (closed from Noon to 1:00 for lunch)
Sundays, December 6, 14 and 20 from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM.
In Sandy:
Mt Hood National Forest Headquarters, 16400 Champion Way, Sandy, OR (SE 362 and HWY 26) 503-668-1700 Monday thru Friday, 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM (closed 11:30 to 12:30 for lunch)
Instrutions will be given at the time the permit is obtained. Enjoy your mountain time!
Here is an interesting report by Trulia on price reductions across the United States. Around 25% of homes for sale in the US. have reduced their prices at least once. Just about 36% of homes in the Portland Metro area have reduced their price at least once from June 2009 to October 1, 2009 by an average of 9%.
The Clackamas County Tax Assessor's Town Hall Meeting will be Novemeber 7. 2009 at 1:30 to 3:00 PM. to answer your questions about property taxes. The meeting will be held at the Hoodland Community Center at 25400 E. Salmon River Road, Welches.
Our local area on Mt Hood is filled with history. I travel on Barlow Trails Road a couple of times a week. As I drive along Barlow Trail, I'm traveling the road that over 50,000 emigrants used to travel into Oregon. The Barlow Trail Road in the mid 1800's opened up the Willamette Valley for settlement. These early emigrants helped Oregon estabish a population which eventually led to acheiving statehood. Read about the history.
Barlow Trail winds through several of our communities from Government Camp, Rhododendron and Brightwood.
Here is a recent article in the Sandy Post or find out more about the Barlow Trail here.
Here is a great weekend event for September on the Mountain:
As every local resident knows, Hood to Coast is quite the event on Mt. Hood! Friday afternoon is a menagerie of runners, vans and support people that take over our area. The set up was in the works today at Timberline and various other locales getting ready for tomoorow's major start up event.
WATCH OUT FIR RUNNERS, VANS, and SUPPORT FOLKS
CELL PHONE NUMBERS GO PUBLIC THIS MONTH.
REMINDER..... All cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies and you will start to receive sales calls.
.... YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLS
To prevent this, call the following number from your cell phone: 888-382-1222.
It is the National DO NOT CALL list. It will only take a minute of your time. It blocks your number for five (5) years. You must call from the cell phone number you want to have blocked. You cannot call from a different phone number.
ATTENTION HUCKLEBERRY LOVERS ON Mt. Hood
EVENT ON AUGUST 28-30th!
One of our areas popular events in August is the Mt. Hood Huckleberry Festival and Barlow Trail Days hosted by the Cascade Geographic Society. Here are details:
Details of the weekend event schedule start here.
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