By: Barn Owl

Barn Owl — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:10:09 +0000

Oregon in those days was full of gun toting hunters. (Now it is full of hippies, as I understand it.)Not really… the hippie areas are Eugene and surrounds, and parts of Portland. If you go west of the Coast Range, you run into logging towns full of rednecks, and if you go east of the Cascades, you run into ranching and farming communities full of rednecks. There are a number of survivalists in the Coast Range and in the Cascades, and they’re pretty fond of guns.I ran into my share of “gun toting hunters” in the foothills around Eugene, while hiking or riding, and a group of us climbing Mount Thielsen, near Crater Lake, encountered another climber who had two large pistols in a holster around his waist (we suspect that he intended to shoot them from the very top, maybe at hawks or other hikers). In all my years hiking, trail riding, and birding throughout rural Texas, I have never encountered anyone carrying guns so openly.Oregon is also not well-known for the ethnic diversity of its inhabitants, and the redneck atmosphere of much of the state has something to do with that. I’d refer you to one of Jello Biafra’s little rants about Portland, but perhaps in the context of this thread, and the date, his former band name is pretty tasteless.

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By: Barn Owl