Hi Gail, I am in Westfir, Oregon which is about 45 miles south west of Eugene. We live in the Willamette National Forest. My husband works for the Forest Service and gets weather reports often. He says that he doesn't really pay attention to the Portland area weather, but he is sure that it is as bad or worse than what we are getting now, which is intermittent snow/rain and freezing roads with many accidents on highway 58 east. It is suppose to be this way until the weekend and then warm back up again. Soooo, hopefully by the time you have to make your trip, the roads will be clear. Have you ever been to Oregon before? I was born and raised in Iowa and although I miss "home" there is no place like Oregon. I assume you will be coming across the states on interstate 80? I recently joined the Hudson co., mailing list in hopes of helping find my girlfriends' long lost father, but also I have a John B. Smith line that I am researching who was born SOMEWHERE in New Jersey abt. 1810. Talk about finding a needle in a haystack! Hope you have a safe and enjoyable trip to our state. Cheryl