Corinne and John Richards. This is a beautiful place to live - anyone coming out this way is welcome to look us up. Right here (Willamette Valley) is almost like English countryside, but 40 minutes from the Columbia Gorge, an hour from the coast, an hour from the mountains and 2 hours from the desert! Here's the pic of Corinne and I at the Oregon coast - yep, that's the Pacific Ocean.