I'm not sure where else to put this, so if it's in the wrong forum I'll let an Admin do their "thang."
Right. There are a lot of us here in the Pacific Northwest. The Seattle contingent is fairly well organized, but we are in a more nacent state here in the Portland Oregon vacinity.
The recent addition of Rocky (RebelRock) has finally spurred me into action. I got active with the GPLR, or Greater Portland Lego Railroaders. The GPLR is the Portland branch of the very first AFOL club of them all, the PNLTC, or Pacific Northwest Lego Train Club (The PSLTC Pudget Sound Lego Train Club is the Seattle branch).
The GPLR is a very active club. We have 3 to 5 shows a year. Besides being the oldest AFOL club (along with PSLTC just so they don't get huffy!) the club has several other claims to fame. We have Steve Barile and Ben Fleskes, two of the very best train builders in the world (both of whom took part in the creation of the Ultimate Collector Train design), Matt Chiles of the roller coaster fame, and we have staged the only two BrickFest conventions outside of the Washington DC area. We have strong presences at the NMRA shows, NWBC, and several regional events. Last both we were included in Willamette Week's (a local Portland paper) "Best of Portland" issue.
As for the castlers, we have an outstanding builder (who is fairly private so I won't name him here) whose creations have been featured here. There are several past users here (i.e. Ja_izzle and Sir Rupert Lansing) who live in the area but are no longer active here. And now a new crop of CC members have hit the scene. People like the Wunz brothers last year, now the likes of Lord Doom and Rocky.
If any of you are interested in getting together PM me and we can exchange contact info. A great first step would be to get you to a GPLR meeting. Those happen generally every other Thursday at one of our homes.
Let me know your interest level, and PM me so we can get things moving.
Richard