Look at a good, live weather map and pick out where the clouds aren't. Usually, it's the other side of the mountains by Yakima.

Fun fact: Vit D is a “transport” molecule for Calcium! So you need D to get Calcium to your bones. Extra important if you happen to break one. Ask me how I know. :D

Beautiful country, we love to motorcycling over there.

I also live in the Olympic rain shadow and some of that stuff is realtor hype. I have even seen them call it the banana belt, lol.

It’s very true they get much less rain, 16” vs 39”. But the number of sunny days is marginally higher no where close to 300 and it still gets very foggy, suffers from the short winter day light, and is cooler than Seattle.

Good to know.

We exist solely on vitamin D supplements and pure spite. Jokes aside, the biggest challenge for you coming from FL (as someone who lives with an individual from Key Largo) is the sun setting very very early in the winter. Sometimes as early as 3:30-4ish. It can be very disorienting. If you want to try to escape to the mountains you’ll have to be very mindful of the conditions and forecast but it’s not a bad idea. When we get the winter blues I make a day trip to the zoo. Fresh air does you good

If you supp with Vit D, make sure you’re getting enough Magnesium also. Your body requires it to absorb the D, and destroys it in the process, so you can run out.

Now do home grows!!!

You get more sun on the east side of the Cascades but it comes with colder temperatures. Your best bet for sun in the winter is to go to the rain shadow of the Olympics (north and northeast of the range) - places like Port Angeles, Sequim, Port Townsend, Whidbey Island.

We do actually get SOME sun here and there during winter, it's not terrible. The bigger issue than the rain is the fact that we're pretty far north so sunset is at 4pm. Definitely take vitamin D.

I’ve found It’s not the grey in winter that gets me, it’s the grey from March through June! In winter, I get a sun recharge skiing but if you don’t do that check out snowshoeing or cross-country skiing. The best decision I made moving here is to get a really good breathable rain suit and go out with outdoor plans no matter what the weather calls for. Also, it gets sunny in Eastern WA when western WA is still gloomy and there is great hiking and I like the bike trail on old RR bed from Cle Elum up through Roslyn and Ronald.

California or east of the mountains (but it can be overcast there too).

Sure, but you can’t get any vitamin D from it, so either supplement or head south.

Wenatchee, WA. Head east. Also really pretty over there with lots to do.

Hope this is signed into law! One of the many reasons I love Washington.

Now if we could get a few better restaurants in our largely rural county…

I bought a used 1000w metal halide grow light cheap off Craigslist because the grower switched to LEDs. Mounted it in the ceiling in my basement. Doesn’t take any special electrical wiring.

Put a couple of lawn chairs down there. I run it 1-2 hours day, usually right at sunset. It’s so bright you literally have to wear dark sunglasses. It was a real lifesaver for the emotional health of my spouse. The kids love it too, they also wear shades while they play or read. Even the neighborhood kids like to come over. It totally illuminates a 20 x 20 room. Where we are electricity is $0.074/KWH so for 15 cents a day this has been a huge boost to the family’s mental well-being.

There's spots on the coast. Sequim motto is 300 days of sunshine.

definitely take advantage of the outdoor recreational opportunities if you move here! there's so much cool stuff and nature is very healing. we have seven different biomes in our state, plus two that aren't found anywhere else in the world!!

Shouldn’t those be targets of opportunity? Don’t search for easy search for where you are needed.

A sun lamp and vitamin d might help my friend :)

Lmao. The pay is NOT nice in Georgia. I make 14 an hour with a masters degree.

Don’t believe everything you hear. Rarely do we have no sun in the winter months and all gray. There have been some winters worse than others, but the sun and the mountain do come out to play in the winter months.

And getting worse because of the Republican-created global climate change.

Stay where you are. The pay is nice in GA, but not here. Also, it’s so tiresome to be required to lie and push hateful political agendas.

If you go all the way east of the mountains it is usually sunnier. Check the forecast.

You need one of those lights that tricks your body into thinking its sunny. It helps to fight off the S.A.D depression from not getting enough light.

The fact that it is a felony to grow recreational cannabis in a state that allows the purchase of recreational cannabis is baffling.