My home town of Gig Harbor with Mt. Rainier in the background
The Hoh River in the Olympic National Rain Forest
We have had several good years
where the weather has been very kind to us in the northwest during the spring.
This year the winter we had a lot of rain and in the last six months we had
around forty inches which is what we normally for the year.
We have heard the saying “April
showers bring May Flowers”. I have to say that most people here would prefer
not to have showers in April. In fact we should have fantastic flowers in May
without any rain. Right now it is
raining and the forecast is for precipitation through Sunday.
I am sure that there were a lot
of springs where it rained quite a bit when I was a kid however I remember a
lot of good springs where the weather was really good. I spent a lot of time
playing baseball during the spring and I don’t remember too many of our games
being postponed because of rain. The
Tacoma Rainiers who are the triple A team for the Seattle Mariners play on the
road some in April however I don’t remember too many games being cancelled because
of rain. Actually rain in the spring is light most of the time and often stops
in the late afternoon and evening. This means sports like baseball and soccer
don’t get postponed very often. There can be times where games can be delayed
for an hour or two. My brother told me while living in St. Louis often his son
Daniel’s soccer matches would be cancelled because of rain. If we allowed the
rain here to cancel soccer and baseball we would never have any games at all. This
means to that spring is a good time to vacation in the northwest. It is not
perfect and not as great as summer where little rain happens but there is a
great opportunity to visit places like the Seattle Space Needle and Portland’s
Rose Garden to name a few.
I do know some of the people
living here in the northwest have issues with allergies. In fact it is very
difficult to deal with in the spring. Fortunately I am lucky that I don’t have
any allergies so I stay pretty healthy during the spring.
Though the northwest is the
greatest place in the world to live in my opinion the weather does give us some
challenges in the spring along with winter and fall the summers are fantastic.
You have the opportunity to visit please come. There are many places that you
can go hiking in the northwest. There is the Mt. Rainier National Park in
Washington State along with Olympic Rain Forest and the Washington Coast.
Oregon has a great coast line as well along with visiting Crater Lake and Mt.
Hood to name a couple places. Want warmer weather there is Eastern Washington,
Oregon and Idaho. Most likely you will have to make several trips to get in
some times.
Crater Lake Oregon
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