Get behind thee, sunshine

Too much more of this wimpy winter weather and Oregon's rainy identity will evaporate forever

The psychedelic sunshine on the back of a VW bus at Eugene’s 5th Street Market Alley personifies the problem facing usually rainy Oregon.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE moments of hiking Spencer Butte is when I reach the top and realize I sometimes have the entire summit to myself.

Last Monday, when I arrived at 4:20 p.m., 34 people were up there, talking, snacking…