thanks jade! i should have titled my post "west end of the olympic peninsula" instead of pacific northwest. port angeles, sequim, port towsend, forks, la push, beaver, sappho, clallam bay, neah bay, maybe even as far south as the hoh rain forest. seattle is three hours, a ferry ride, and a climate zone away from me- we get 14 feet of rain a year here in the rain forest. when i say it rains a lot here, i don't just mean like in seattle. woo hoo! maybe swimming in the front yard should be a competitive event here- or pulling weeds- they grow year round chest high!