A letter from a local
Sunny side of the Cascades.
Wenatchee sits in the rain shadow, which means two hundred more sunny days than Seattle and sage-line trails that dry in March: the Sage Hills network rolls right off the north end of town, gold with balsamroot every April.
Mission Ridge's dry powder is thirty-five minutes up the canyon. The Wenatchee River delivers the state's most popular whitewater through Cashmere fifteen minutes away, Leavenworth's granite is half an hour, and the Apple Capital Loop keeps ten flat river miles in town for the easy days.
Orchard economy, hydro-cheap power, real hospital-and-ag jobs — a working valley where the Cascades' fun side happens to start at the city limits.
— Dot