Why Move

Why did we move?

We tend to measure our quality of life against the amount of time we can spend, doing the things we love. Outdoors, we love to hike, and look forward to exercising our bikes. We have both enjoyed photography for years, and many times the quest for a good photo has driven us to explore new places.

In recent years, our allergies had gotten worse. We had always looked forward to the beautiful Fall weather we have in Eastern Washington. However, the allergy season has finally made it impossible for us to be outside during that time of the year, unless we were on drugs. Winter's long days of overcast/inversion, Spring's winds and dust storms, and Summer's days of 100 degrees plus heat limited our outside time.

This summer, we visited Avery Anderson near Eugene. She's 40 miles from the beach, in a beautiful wooded setting. I waxed poetic about the location, and Mary Anne quickly nixed the 50-odd inches of rain a year. So, where should we go?

We find paradise

We were fortunate to find, and successfully purchase a beautiful one acre lot, with 206 feet of frontage on the 14th tee of Dungeness golf course. If you click on the thumbnail below (and wait patiently) you'll see a panorama photograph taken from our lot. Our view looks South, across the golf course, to the Olympics. Our neighbors' vistas go all the way North to Vancouver Island and West to Port Angeles.

Did we make the right choice?

We think so. After half a year here, we're meeting lots of people through Mary Anne's Master Gardener program, and Jim's website building for the arts organizations. We're outdoor much more, and watching almost no television. Are lives are changing and for the better.