{"id":1647,"date":"2014-11-14T11:48:31","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T19:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogadmin.plantlust.com\/blog\/?p=1647"},"modified":"2024-01-24T10:08:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T18:08:55","slug":"nature-versus-nurture-oregon-coast-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantlust.com\/blog\/gardens\/nature-versus-nurture-oregon-coast-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Nature versus Nurture: Oregon Coast Style"},"content":{"rendered":"

Proximity to mountain, valley, and ocean is high on the list of Portland<\/a> grooviness. Every year around this time, I go on a retreat with my fellow Book Babes. We\u2019ve been making the trek for twenty years now, and almost without fail, we get glorious weather for our fall outings. We\u2019ve seen great November weather loads of times at the Coast<\/a>; and at Black Butte Ranch<\/a> near Bend; and at Domaine Margelle Vineyard\u00a0in the Willamette Valley; and even in Mosier<\/a>, a little town east of Hood River the Columbia Gorge. \u00a0I saw my first covey\u00a0of quails<\/a>\u00a0in Mosier. So\u00a0exciting.<\/p>\n

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Columbia River from Mosier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Most often, my reading group\u00a0visits the Oregon Coast, and this past weekend proved another glorious weekend. It was sunny and warm, and though I was on constant alert for a Tsunami, I didn\u2019t once think\u00a0we were going to die from hypothermia.<\/p>\n\n\t\t