I miss a lot of things about WA as well, particularly the natural beauty, the mountains, skiing, and the various pistol matches I used to attend there. There's really nothing like watching the Sound or the Cascades on a clear sunny day. All the green and blue is easy on the eyes. I hear what you're saying about the beer
How do you like Florida? Have never been although think it would be cool to see a heavy lift platform take off from the Cape and also have always wanted to go tarpon fishing from everything I've read.
Texas is great for work, the grandson's school, and the 2A rights are very solid here with Governor Abbott. On the downside, there's no real mountains or skiing and the place is unbelievably hot for about 5 months of the year. Miss the snow and the seasons so eventually thinking to move to Utah to wrap up my career or maybe even Wyoming or Montana if the move winds up waiting till retirement.