I love Utah!
With less then an hour of traveling I can get to:
Desert
Sand dunes
A Lake
Forest
Mountains
Rivers
Ski resort
granite rock climbing
quartzite rock climbing
Big City
Farm towns
Short of the beach or a rain forest we pretty much have it all.
I love the fact that I am close enough to the mountains that I can be herping with a 10 minute drive.
I also loooove the low humidity (except for my snakies sake).