mountain town life is the life for me

The orientation of our rental house is such that each night we watch an incredible spectacle as the sun sets behind us and lights up all of the mountains to the north and east.  Also of note, Bend is the land of rainbows.  My friends and neighbors here are under the impression that the weather today was terrible... they are clearly all long term locals or transplants from Southern California and not Portland.  It rained a bit, yes.  There were clouds, yes.  But intermittently it clears, the boys play outside, the rainbows bid their promises, and the mountain view returns.  For most of my life in Portland, terrible weather entailed (unscientific estimation here!) three weeks to three months without seeing the horizon.
PS. Lest you think I've lost all love for Portland, I'm already mapping out our summer calendar to include several berry picking trips (the rain is very good in many ways, including blueberry and raspberry bounty) and all of the insane new Portland restaurants we simply must sample.  Not to mention we adore our cousin Ryan and need some serious play time!