I rest my case

1. Beau and Tehya
2. Jill and Paul
3. Ford and Kate
4. Shanna and I
5. Mt. Rainier, Mt. St Helens, Mt. Hood, Mt. Bachelor, and the Columbia River Gorge
6. Rain Forest, Beach, and snow within 1.5 hours of each other
7. Seattle, Portland, Vancouver BC.
8. Seahawks, Mariners, Storm, Sounders, WHL thunderbirds, and Canucks three hours away.
9. Whistler Blackcomb
10. Oregon and Washington Coast.
11. Less traffic, less crime, less stressed out folks on the freeways.
12. Greeners, environmentalists, artists, community activists, and other assorted kind people.
13. A huge sense of community, with two "co-op" style food stores, amongst other things.
14. a good place to save up for your retirement to Cali or Wyoming or Texas.
15. Beau and Tehya
16. 16 hours by freeway to Cali...and about the same to Sheridan
17. A sweet farmers market in Olympia and Seattle for mom to sell her art and raspberry jam.

No disrespect to my uncle in the making of this list.

blayner