I've lived in Arizona for 30 years, and love the desert wildflowers in the spring and the summer monsoon thunderstorms.

What I miss most from when I lived in California - I went to school in Santa Cruz and miss the gorgeous views of the ocean along highway 1 north of Santa Cruz, especially in spring when the hills were all green, the barking of the sea lions (audible from the hills on the edge of campus) and the redwood forests.