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Gnarley
Aug 14, 2020Explorer
4runnerguy wrote:
They finally ended up in Sequim, WA. It sits in the rain shadow of the Olympic Mountains so they average 16" a year. A much more tolerable amount. Sequim is full of retired, active people from all over. You see lots of people out walking every day. The median age is 58 years old. Close to the Strait. Maybe not the ocean, but a salty body of water that you can take a boat out on and see whales and go fishing. Easy day trip access via ferry to Victoria, BC on Vancouver Island. Close to Olympic National Park. A couple of hours via road and ferry to Seattle when you need a big city experience. Pretty affordable housing compared to what we're used to here in CO. Lots of homes available with acreage if that's of interest to you. Definitely suggest spending a few days there to see how you like it.
That's a great area! We have friends in Paulsbo. The reason I want to stay farther south is the ability to drive back to a client I have where I'm on-site once a month. I can make the drive from northern OR in 10 hours or a long day drive, farther than that changes the expenses and time away.
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