I miss the flying out there. Go VFR straights or you could hit up the mountains and tool around them for awhile. Beautiful scenery and if the weather sucked, you go go to Eastern Washington and it'd be clear there, or head south to Eugene.
What was the deal with going to Eugene anyway? Just a perfect distance for a real party of an airnav or what? I remember regularly seeing Prowlers and P-3's doing low approaches to old Mahlon Sweet growing up. Always wondered....
As for bases, Miramar was the best duty station I have had, though Oceana isn't bad either. Others, Key West and even Fallon isn't too bad for the det lifestyle. I'd love to do Whidbey, but that probably isn't in the cards for a VFA dude, at least nowadays.