My wife fell into the "sun worshiper" and not "too rainy" arena when we were hunting in Western Washington. I spent a year looking and waiting for something good to pop up in the Rain Shadow region (San Juan, Sequim, E. Port Angeles, Port Townsend). Might consider watching those areas for something. We ended up on San Juan Island ourselves. Another reason I found San Juan (the sunniest of the islands) a good choice was knowing that The Bullock's are on Orcas. Different Island but same county, so that alleviated some of the worries about ending up in a place with building codes that weren't accommodating to permaculture practices.
