Oregon Plates

Tue, 07 Dec 2004 23:59:59 -800

Today I got off my lazy butt and registered my car in Oregon. This involved
getting the car checked at the DEQ (smog check) center. For those of you
unfamiliar with smog checks, you have to go warm up your car before testing it.
Since the testing center is wayyy out on the edge of Hillsboro, I decided to go
driving around in the farmlands to get the car warmed up. The Portland
metropolitan land use agency drew a big circle around the city that limits how
far the urban sprawl can spread, hence suburbia ends five minutes west of me on
Rte. 26.