Thanks, man. Much appreciated. Flying out later this week for a few days and hope to have a good look around. The job is by no means in the bag, so I'm trying not to get my hopes up too much, but that part of the country sounds really nice. I was in Seattle for a week about 8 years ago but didn't get out of the city too much. I've been looking at house prices, too, and it looks like your money gets you a lot more house than here in the United Kingdom! Thanks for the tips. Who knows, we may meet up on a HDF rally at some point!