Me, too. It's a couple of thousand miles out of my neighborhood.
However, We do have several wonderful spots in Arizona within a couple of hours drive, maybe some hiking, often seasonal flow of water. It suppose that those falls get lots of rainy days, bitter winters blowing off of Lake Erie, etc. Here, we can go with elevation to get weather that suits our lack of clothing, with the addition of less rain.
Still, yup, that place is very special and safe. I could spend days there like Eden.
Jbee