I was born and raised in Western Washington. Lived there for 66 years. Hunted, fished, hiked, and camped in every corner. It got to the point where I said it was against my religion to go north of the King County line. About 10 years ago I moved that to north of the Nisqually River. Now that I have been gone from the area for a year and a half I wonder how and why I stayed there so long. There are indeed some beautiful places. It is just avoiding the not so beautiful stuff to get to the good ones.