I live in Redmond, and &quot;the outdoors&quot; is literally a block down the street, starting at the local trail. Take the dog on a run two miles down that trail, and we&#x27;re in a wooded park with trails. Two more miles and we&#x27;re in the Redmond Watershed park with I-don&#x27;t-know-how-many miles of wooded trails. And that&#x27;s &quot;outdoors lite&quot;. A 30 minute drive gives me a choice three mountains with (if I had to guess) at least 100 miles of trails, some of which you probably won&#x27;t see another person. I once did a 24 mile run on Cougar Mountain, and never hit the same trail twice (though I did pretty much exhaust the trail system after 24 miles).<p>Drive a little more, an you get skiing, snowshoeing, forest roads galore for your dual sport motorcycle. Hell, go dog sledding if that floats your boat, I&#x27;ve seen &#x27;em out there.<p>If you have 6 months saved up, you should have no problem finding a job. Yeah, you&#x27;ll get rejected at a lot of jobs not because you suck but because tech hiring sux balls. But I&#x27;d bet you&#x27;ll find something. If you get out here, hit me up if you like; email in profile.