Hello farandaway, I don't know if you've discovered the regional forums yet, but you might want to scope out the Northern California regional forum to say hi there, too.
Are you in Sonoma County? I used to live in Graton/Sebastopol/SR a number of years ago, and if it hadn't been so hot in California, I'd probably still be living there.
Welcome to BF!
East Hill
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