Lived in Oregon my whole life but only recently fell in love with the outdoors. It started with day hikes in the Columbia River Gorge several years ago. This progressed into landscape photography and backpacking. The Pacific NW has an incredible amount of scenery within 3 hours or less of Portland. My first backpack trip was around the Three Sisters. Completely out of shape and carrying way too much stuff, that trip inspired me to get out more and upgrade my camping equipment. Since then, I have done the complete Timberline Trail, Wonderland Trail, Wallowas, portions of the PCT and many others. There is so much to see and do, not sure why I'm sitting here typing this.