[djmcmath]

If -10 is a problem, then there isn't anywhere in Idaho you'd be happy. My parents live in the north end of the Rockies, and while they can see June happening down in the valley, February usually lasts until July.

But then, that's at least partially true until you get west of the Cascades. Typically, winters on the Puget Sound have very little snow, and you have to use Celcius to get to -10. The summers are the most amazing thing in the world: highs in the 70's, lows in the 60's, sunny and warm, from June until September. Or July until August, if the Rainy Season runs long. That's the only trick on the Sound, see -- there's no real winter, just a single, long, drizzling rainstorm from August or September until June or July.

Oregon? I can't comment nearly as much from personal experience, but I seem to recall some pretty rainy summers camping on the Oregon coast, though the green is fantastic.

Good luck to you -- I'm sure there's more who can comment with more detail than I.

Dan