Gary: We went through/by Poulsbo a couple weeks ago returning from the Oregon trip - sure looks like rain forest country to me.

Don: Our location close to the Olympic mountains of WA state keeps us drier than the west coast of the mainland or the north end of Vancouver Island - the rain shadow effect. Our average annual rainfall is about 1/2 that of Vancouver, and likely 1/3 that of Seattle. Plenty of cedar trees up island, but they're not native in Victoria.

G