I learned how to sail on a friend's MacGregor 26 while I was growing up in the Puget Sound area. Three years ago, I bought a used SanJuan 21 to teach my wife and son how to sail on the lakes here in Colorado. We've trailered it out to California, and sailed around the Channel Islands as well, and have plans to do some extended camping/cruising through Puget Sound and the Bahamas - when we can get out from under this horrible 0-conomy, that is.
Here's a pic of my boy, helping us set up the mast in 2008, just prior to launching at one of the local lakes.