I spent 12 years of my life in that state, and it's heaven. Scuba dive in Puget Sound on Saturday afternoon, then ski Crystal Mountain on Sunday, all day. Best 4-wheelin' in the country, by far, based on the difficulty of the trails - wet, muddy, root-infested trails from 100-foot tall pine trees... Unreal.
I got there in 1992, when (ONE OF) the mass exoduses from California was going on - and I was in Cali from 1986 to 1991. I saw it happening. Then. By the time I left WA in 2004, the wet-side was a Liberal Shiit-Hole, and was only going downhill from there. I miss that place dearly, and love it dearly, for what it offers.
No way in hell will I ever stomach moving back there. Just can't do it, won't do it. And that sucks - that state is so beautiful, and has so much to offer. It's just EPICALLY fucked up now, because of politics.
Off my