Good pics, Daylia! But please, lets not give everyone the impression that all the roofs grow grass for the goats. The market at Coombs just did that to draw the tourists. Looks like you had a great time though and The Englishman River is one of my favorite places to swim.

Deckman, Campbell River may be wetter and colder than the Seattle area but Campbell River is quite aways north up the island. If you stay mid-island or in the Gulf Islands there its hardly any different than Seattle.

Mary Garvey is right about S.W. Washington (I was born in Kelso). I really miss all that pasture and the many rivers. The Comox Valley on Vancouver Island is very similar. Real horse country. But the Comox Valley has pastures, the sea, rivers, lakes and mountains!

Yes, I love it here. The beauty is unsurpassed. I'm still trying to figure out how to hang on to what I have here and be able to spend Jan. and Feb. in the sun. I guess I just want it all.

d