Art, we get an average of 270 days of sunshine. Skiing of all sorts is within a half-hour's drive, water-skiing and other such things are available within 20 minutes on the largest reservoir in the state, whooping cranes mate and raise their young within a 90 minute drive, there's fishing, hunting, birding, rock hounding, gold washing, hiking, rock climbing, and camping just (literally!) outside the city limits. I can walk, golf, or cross-country ski just outside my back yard.

Who needs California?