Love the 4 seasons and the mountains but that snow shovel thing, can't get past that!I grew up in Peru; moved to N.A. 33 years ago. Lived 10 years in Canada, 20 years in Los Angeles, and the past 3 years in Washington State.
Part of me misses California: the weather, especially this time of year, the proximity to the Central Coast, the San Bernardino Mountains, the Sierras, Death Valley.
But I enjoy the 4 seasons; driving on twisty mountain roads in the fall and the spring, on a sunny day or in 1-foot of snow; the lush rain forest and abundance of lakes, rivers and creeks of the Pacific Northwest, the North Cascades’ wilderness. So I don’t mind grabbing a snow shovel every now and then.