Then drive on to Sisters and watch the thermometer go back up to 70 something for the dog's second tree hunting expedition. Drive over to rt 97 and watch the temp go up 80. If we go to Maupin, it can be 90 plus. If we go south, it will be 85 to 90 in Bend and sometimes hotter in Sun River. The dog has several tree hunting expeditions during these legs of the trip.
Then, when we head back the temps reverse. Then, I fly to Sacramento and the temp is over 100. I drive to Napa and usually it is about 80 here. If I go to the coast, it will be in the 60's.
People in the other states can't believe the variance that we can have in a day or just a few miles.
PS no Copper River Salmon for us this year. The seafood wholesale place will charge our butcher $21/pound. We are looking at about $25/# our cost. I can get fresh Bodega Bay Kings for $6/#.
But the year I helped my son drive back to New York for college, we went along(I am not sure of the route #), that road that goes along the Columbia, and followed it to the end of the state...man, in the eastern half, it was hot as could be, and just nothing but desert...and go up to the mountains, and its chilly...
Oregon and Washington are very similar, in that we share this great variance in land type, and in temps, even tho one may go just a few miles...
That is one of the reasons I love the whole Pacific Northwest....great variance in type of landscape and temperatures..
But I am glad that you have other salmon at a more reasonable price...my fave is the Copper River, but its a short season for that, and we go back to buying whatever salmon they do have...we just love salmon at our house, and eat it, once sometimes twice a week...