We've been in WY a week today. For the entire time the weather here has done its level best to mimic that of Seattle - cool, overcast, and rainy. It has either been raining, just finished raining, or is about to begin raining.
Perpetually gray skies make getting out of bed difficult. Imagine how hard that made doing doctoral work in Eugene, OR. It's lucky I finished.
The other DrC says I've shown decided reluctance to return to OR on vacations. She's probably correct in that view.
Oddly, the dreary weather miraculously vanishes during the summer, when folks from CA tend to drive north on vacation. I wonder how many have moved north from CA because it is "beautiful," only to find the beauty reliably lasts only 4 months a year.
Ugly northwest winters are no new thing. The Lewis and Clark expedition wintered over on the Oregon coast two centuries ago and complained bitterly in their diaries about the area's constant rain and overcast.
