I'm form South CA myself- southern Canada. From where I live, we visit the Fort Drum area to thaw our car passenger doors open. And California sounds nice but I would lose the value of my decades of investment in different types of snow shovel. The Inuit have 100 words for different types of snow, and some say I have that many snow shovels, to handle each type with the maximum of ease. I'm just starting to polish them up for the coming winter. Enjoy Monterey but you don't know the fun you'll be missing.