Welcome Bruce, I live up in NorCal also. Chico. Not quite as North as Redding, but at least its not the South.
This is a great website with a great group of people. I came across it last year when I was looking for a Diamond Plate Fat 40. That was over a year ago and I now own a Diamond Plate Fat 50, which I bought off one of the guys on this website. I didn't have the luxury though of getting it shipped to me, I had to drive to AZ to pick it up. It was a nice road trip with 115 degree weather after a night with a lovely rain and lightning storm.
Enjoy the site. If you haven't already done so, you might also check out the CA BBQ Association website:
http://www.cbbqa.org .
I think these 2 websites get a lot of crossover, shoot, its even an AZ team that leads the CA TOY points race.