I spent a lot of time with the DC Chapter of Free Republic since about 2004 or so...making the trip from Boston to Washington to Freep outside Walter Reed and Olney with those folks.
A more dedicated group of conservatives you will never meet.
But being outside Massachusetts and seeing areas with more conservatives such as Virginia and the Carolinas was an uplifting experience for me. You tend to forget what that is like.
That would be a treat. I do treasure the conservative friends that I have here amidst the Seattlunatics.