What I am grateful for: to live in a beautiful place

In honor of Thanksgiving. This is my first post in a series entitled What I Am Grateful For.

Although I have done a lot of traveling over my lifetime, not many places I have visited can hold a candle to the Pacific Northwest. We are spoiled to have mountains, lakes, streams, trees and islands all within a couple hours drive. Although Seattle gets a bad wrap for having a constant drizzle outside, we experience not only a wide range of scenery, but color throughout the year. Our temperate climate makes for exploring outside possible all year long. I am grateful to live in place where the natural beauty is second to none.