Pipe-Hound, love the Spokane area. My grandparents retired there from Ukiah in the 70's. Beautiful seasons!
Hey GCW, yep, I lived in the SF Bay Area growing up where there were two seasons, wet and dry. Spokane celebrates all four seasons and I love that about this place. With that said, winter at times seems to be a little long! My sons snowboard all winter and they love winter here! Its about perspective, lol!
Living in Tacoma, have you ever met up with the Seattle Pipe Club? We have a time share in Ocean City and when the times correspond, I plan on showing up to one of their meetings/events.