i live under a mountain and beside the bay .... absolutely gorgeous winter or summer. my town is different now from when i grew up here ...... an earthquake and tidal wave tried their best to do us in, but that was 50 years ago. now it's a tourist town, but oh, so much more than that.
besides, moose and bear stroll through town; porpoise, whales, otters frolic in the waves off the beach. it's bird heaven.