The Weather

I have lived in the Pacific Northwest for my entire life.

I don't remember being bothered by the rain as a kid.  My memories are of going barefoot in the grass in the summer and popping the tar bubbles that would appear in the street.

But, as an adult, I have been bothered by the frequency of cloudy drizzly days.  Jack and I have been saying for about 10 years that we want to explore retiring somewhere other than western Oregon, but what would be a good fit for us weather wise?

Well, now we have had a chance to experience a completely different climate and I have to say that we are enjoying it!

When we first arrived in August it was really hot.  It stayed on the warm side throughout Sept. and was pleasant in Oct.   It started getting cold in November and the snow arrived in December.  We had snow on the ground most days through February and it was really cold for about 8 weeks straight.  But what we have not had a lot of is rain!  How refreshing that has been.  Now that spring is approaching, it seems that there will be one rainy day followed by a couple of sunny ones.  It is still cold, but what an upper to experience the sun consistently this time of year!

So now we know that there are climates that we would enjoy other than that which we have spent over 50 years with!