Beautiful place to retire and live, but a very expensive area to buy property and maintain. Services are limited and labor is in big shortage. So be prepared to pay up  More

I lived on the Island for a couple of the winter months in 2007. I house sat a beautiful home on acreage with a view of the water. The Island is very quiet during the  More

If you like to be wet and soggy with rain this is the place for  More

Sedro Woolley ( pronounced seed-ro wool-ee) has a great climate. We have mild summers and winters too! A little crime but still small city. Close enough to the big  More

I don't have annual rainfall numbers to confirm that, but I wouldn't be surprised, as the Skagit Valley town of Sedro-Woolley is further away from large marine bodies of  More