Closest place to find the sun

[MissingAll4Seasons]

Yes, if you wait long enough, you will eventually get a sunbreak right here on even the most cloudy of days

[tada]

Originally Posted by MissingAll4Seasons

Yes, if you wait long enough, you will eventually get a sunbreak right here on even the most cloudy of days

sunbreaks last like 5 seconds. The term exists to show that we are *that* desperate for sun.

[rickers]

Originally Posted by MissingAll4Seasons

Once you're east of the Cascades it's a whole different Washington! West of the Cascades it's essentially rainforest, east of them it's high plains desert.

High plains desert ? Ummmm, I think not. There may be portions of Washington east of the Cascades that one could consider "high plains desert" but if you have really been all over eastern Washington (as well as western Washington), I have to tell you that from the Palouse hills to Tonasket and from Wishram at 180 feet to Gypsy peak at 7309 feet, east of the Cascades is a heck of a lot more than just high plains desert. The geography is basically a huge river basin that is the Columbia river drainage. The entire north third of the eastern part of Washington is mountain ranges divided by river drainages. Google Okanogan, Sanpoil, Pend Oreille rivers along with Kettle River Range and Selkirk Mountains and learn a little about Washington "East of the Cascades" I used to own 40 acres up the Tiger highway about 10 miles up from Colville. I still own a bit of property way upstream in part of the Upper Columbia River Basin/drainage in Montana.

[MissingAll4Seasons]

I agree that the entire eastern 3/4 of Washington state isn't all high plains desert... but on I-90 just over the pass, around Yakima and such, it's considered "high plains desert" by geologist-types even though it's getting out toward the river basin