[defconw]

It is. We have a similar thing here. In the Hills it can be sunny on one side of a hill and storming on the other side. So you always have to have a coat. Always! Never dull out here.

We have enjoyed the winter out here, even though the locals say it's been the worst winter in 30 years. I'll take it! We lived in Southern Minnesota, goodness! That was bad enough.

[coder2]

What I don't miss is the dampness and when it was cold that it just permeated the bones.

Much drier here -- just as SD is. Hubby has bad knees that just killed him back in MN --- here is it like "what bad knees".

Even if MN wasn't such a cesspool of liberal crap, I think we may have still made the move anyway for the kinder & gentler winters. People out here think we are crazy when we say "this isn't bad at all"