Where is a good place to live?

We moved back to Ga from Alaska. I knew that was going to suck because I love winter sports and colder weather and I hate the heat and damn bugs here. So we've decided sell off our things, buy a motor home, put the things we *have* to have in the belly of the beast and hit the road for Oregon. We plan to travel around and find just the right place, buy a piece of land and build a cabin. My passion is downhill skiing and growing weed, and not necessarily in that order. My wife would kill me if I landed her in a place with winters like Anchorage. I don't mind an hours drive to a ski slope but that's about all I would want to drive back home, considering how I feel after a full day of it. The education system is not important to me and I don't want to live in a city of over 60,000 at the most. Portland has enough volunteers keeping it weird; I'll do my part for a smaller town. I've spent about 10 hours pouring over Citydata.com and reading forums, but you can't find a place like that. Any suggestions?

Personally not very fond of the area myself, but La Grande might be a decent fit. It is roughly an hour to Anthony Lakes I believe. Might be 90 min don't recall. Good luck.

West Plains, Banks, any area west of Hillsboro will put you in the woods and a Cabin would fit in nicely. If you don't mind cold winters (not like Alaska) you could check into places like Medford, Bend, Redmond... Either of the places I mentioned would put you within an hour of either Mt. Hoot, or Mt. Bachelor.

You might also look into St.Helens, Vernonia, or Scapoose.

sounds like you might like the mt hood atea

Bend seems like what your aiming for