Corvallis, Oregon Pictures (Portland, Albany, Klamath Falls: new home, neighborhoods, buying)

[Clear2land]

Welcome to Corvallis, Oregon. You are now downtown..





A Corvallis park near downtown..



A residential neighborhood in Corvallis, Oregon..



Hope you enjoyed your tour of Corvallis, Oregon!

Dan

[seashelly]

LOL, I did. Thank you.

[rhbsue]

Thanks, Dan. We are headed to Corvallis on Wednesday, the 20th and plan to stay there through the 26th (when we go up to Portland until Jan 1st). We are looking forward to exploring our potential new home! I am glad we are going this week and not last week or we might have decided to stay in Hawaii!! I really appreciated you sharing all your Corvallis pictures with me and your assessment of the town. I'll post again after our trip and let you all know our thoughts on moving. I am getting my house here in Hawaii painted while we are gone so our mind is pretty much made up to relocate to Oregon. This trip is just to make sure that we can adjust to the weather and check out neighborhoods.

[Clear2land]

There are a LOT of nice hillside homes northwest of Corvallis. We fell in love with the area. You are going to like Corvallis! I can't wait to hear all about your trip. I want a full report upon your return!!

Enjoy your trip!

Dan

[DavePautsch]

rhbsue, Have a great visit. One thing you might want to consider as you recon the area. The traffic patterns that you are going to see are WAY different than they are the rest of the year! All the students are on winter break so parking and driving are much different now.
I live in Albany, if you have any questions when you get here, feel free to give me a buzz over the holidays if you have questions questions about cities, neighborhoods, schools, housing, etc. (I'm in the book).

Things not to miss: Have lunch at the Old World Deli (cash only), great sandwiches and locally brewed beer. Take a walk through the campus, stop in the OSU Bookstore if its open. Have a cup of coffee at Dutch Brothers (Monroe Ave), I'm a fan of the Kalua Kicker myself. New Morning Bakery has awesome cinnamon and sticky buns. It's a great town, you'll enjoy it. Be sure to check out Albany, Philomath, and maybe even Lebanon while you're here.

Good luck...have fun!!

DavePautsch

[Des_Demona]

Here's my token pic of Corvallis. I actually have more but they haven't been converted to the CD so I can bring them to work yet.

[Muhnay]

What are all them big green things in the distance? Trees you say.. wow so thats what a tree looks like.

Very nice pictures, thanks for sharing them.

[live4kidz]

I have a question. Since I last posted, our family is growing. Our son got married, they are having a baby boy in Feb. and we are changing our focus away from Klamath Falls - where it rains less and is higher and drier and loads sunnier!! BUT, we don't want to be that far away from our 3 adult children - all of whom live in Portland Metro area. Son and wife just bought a nice ranch style home, 5 yrs. old, in Big Meadow development there. First time buyers. Great prices, compared to Portland Metro. Anyhow, we are considering looking at Albany, Lebanon, Mount Angel, Silverton (although have heard it's very high-priced there, by comparison).

Can anyone tell me if Albany still stinks to high heck!? I grew up in Portland - our youngest was born in Portland - and the kids remember the drives through Albany - on our way to southern Oregon or drives to CA and the smell was horrendous. Do folks just get used to the industrial spewing of the smokes stack?!

Also, we are pre-retirees, so a move to anywhere from our current location in Gladstone, will need to be with retirement needs in mind. We want to be within a sane distance for driving so that we can do the trips up to see our kids and they can come to visit more frequently. Hence trying to stay within an hour each way for driving is our renewed and revised plan!

Another thing we have considered is a manufactured home. Are land prices for say 1 acre or so reasonable? Are there lots with the utilities already run to the land? Any help would be appreciated. We like the idea of not being too far out - not too isolated - but yet not right on top of neighbors either.
We do want to become a part of the community in which we choose to live. The idea of a new home is appealing after buying older larger homes that require so much renovation!! We're getting tired of that gig!

We also like a mixed age community - and don't feel like spending our 'golden years' exclusively with elderly folks. I still operate a small preschoo land I love kids and families. It keeps one young in mind, body and spirit!!

Thanks iin advance for your help and input.

[live4kidz]

P.S. Oops! I neglected to add - Big Meadow is in Molalla, where houses are much cheaper than many other locales in Clackamas County.

[GR82BAGATOR]

Thanks fot the pics! I was just there in September and I loved it! I am a HUGE OSU fan and I even got to visit the campus! You just can't imagine the crap I get for being from Florida but loving them Beavers! Well, I must admit the are my 2nd love, UF is still my 1st love! haha I have a friend in Oregon that told me not to waste my time seeing Corvallis and he was wrong, it's a beautiful town!