Ordinary just never happens in Oregon. The extraordinary jam-packs this huge state with snowy peaks, windswept dunes, vast desert, yawning valleys and old-growth forest. Oregonians breathe in the wild land and pattern their lives to match. As people fly into Portland, they see Mount Hood, Mount St. Helens and Mount Adams pierce the blue sky. Downtown is thick with solid, artfully embellished office buildings, department stores, specialty shops and museums. The landmark, Powell’s Books, occupies an entire city block. The Portland Art Museum, a storehouse of French paintings, English silver, contemporary sculpture and the arts of North American native peoples, overlooks a linear city park where once a week a farmers market pops up on the green.
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