So I went to Oregon for a college tour last Thursday and Friday and decided I should compare the life of things in Oregon to my backyard. Before I left I thought obviously there's going to be a big difference because of the climate, but what I concluded was unexpected.
I decided, before I left, that my backyard's pretty green for living in a desert. Yeah, there's a few dry spots, but it can only get so green. I also decided that since Oregon rains so much, that there would be a lot less dry spots. So I'd take that into consideration when comparing.
When I got to Portland I was surprised to see that there wasn't an overwhelming amount of green. I guess while I was stereotyping the environment I forgot to take society into consideration. Once we got past the airport we went to go see our first college, Portland State University. I was also surprised to see that it was as green as the college here in Nevada (University of Nevada, Reno). The next two colleges were basically the same thing.
So when I came back I was surprised and proud to say my garden is as green as colleges in Oregon.
Western Oregon University, taken Friday October 10th by Monica Venegas.
How strange, I would've expected it to be greener too! It's interesting to get some perspective on where we live in relation to the rest of the world versus how we perceive those places.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if they water. We keep things green with watering. I was a bit shocked to find out there are places that don't, that simply rely on rain. Imagine what it would be like here if we tried that.
ReplyDeleteI don't think we'd be in a drought right now if we got enough rain to water everything. I wish it did rain more, it'd solve a lot of problems.
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