Our new home from the front.
This is the front view of our new home in La Grande.
It doesn’t look like much, but it gives you a general idea of what the design of the house is. We’ve figured out that the house design is “Mid-Century Modern”. We’re in the process of learning what that means, exactly.
The deck you see has a very nice view of the Grande Ronde Valley. From the back yard you have a view of a very steep hill.
The house sits on the edge of the La Grande City Limits and on the Urban Growth Boundary. We also learned the hill directly behind us is a “geographic hazard area”, which isn’t as ominous as it sounds.
What it means is that if the Urban Growth Boundary is ever expanded it will be very expensive to build there. In other words, no McMansions will be built and our back yard view will be preserved.
This is extremely important to people who have fled the urban disaster the Portland/Metropolitan area has become.
November 22nd, 2006 at 3:58 pm
Hi Anne and Gary,
I just visited the Blog, and since I grew up in La Grande I am so very happy for the both of you to return to God’s
Country. I know that I hated when I had to leave in 1973 when Larry took a position with Tektronix in Portland. What culture shock that was. I love all of your ideas that you want to incorporate into your “renovation”. Since we have been remodeling for the past 3 months, I know what a challenge it can be, but good luck and keep me posted.
Your childhood friend from La Grande
Linda