Copy that! My dad once said, when living in Arizona, the things they call ‘mountains’ in AZ, we call ‘hills’. You want a MOUNTAIN? Try Mt. Rainier. I used to be able to see it from my kitchen window until the neighbors trees grew.
You will definitely want to check out July and August. April may be more like what you are used to for August.
I spent part of four summers in the south, and often recall the wisdom of a cowboy that my mother was once on a jury with—he preferred cold to hot, because “you can always put more on, but you can only take so much off.” That said, I prefer rain to snow because you don’t need to shovel rain, but you can’t have everything.
That said, I can’t imagine being happy within three hours of Seattle——or Portland.