Coastal Redwoods sound like the "PNW-est" of PNW areas.
>> 5 miles in any direction will be a different micro climate
Neat!
Evelyn, Becky always gets the "feel" of an area and a neighborhood as part of the real estate process. She drives around an area and soaks it up, then uses the Internet to find houses in particular neighborhoods.
Hot summers may be part of your past, just as I found after moving from the CT/NJ/NY area to the Paradisaical North West (coastal) region.