Southpaw, if it were'nt for the twisters in the spring/summer and the odd ICE STORM in the winter, to me MO would be the perfect place. Not to hot(usualy) and not to cold(very often). Skeeters dont get big as horseflys and we only get snow to our butts about once every 10 years.
HeII i actualy look foreward to a lil snow so i can track easier and see what the critters are doing. A new fallen snow in the early moring hours as it blankets the earth is just beautiful. Makes you feel like mother nature is wipeing the slate clean and starting over for the new year...lol
She can keep them 100 year ice storms and january tornados though!