Don't worry about us...lol..I'm sure we will 'visit' there as much or more than we do the 'West Coast' forum....and perhaps you will gain more in the PNW area now.....
It is definitely a large, diverse area. I've seen with the fuchsias thread that those in NorCal have more in common with the PNW than do I, down here in the dry end of the state.
