All the leaves are brown (all the leaves are brown)
And the sky is grey (and the sky is grey)
I've been for a walk (I've been for a walk)
On a winter's day (on a winter's day)
I'd be safe and warm (I'd be safe and warm)
If I was in L.A. (if I was in L.A.)
California dreamin' (California dreamin')
On such a winter's day
        California Dreamin’, by John and Michelle Phillips

You got wheels, you got your honey, you got ze money, it’s time to roll south to drier, warmer climes. Drive safely, ride freely, wear your damn masks and your damn sunscreen.  
          Andrea Brown

I think it’s been a week straight that I’ve awakened with the Mamas and the Papas streaming through my head.  Truth be known, Rocky and I started fantasizing about heading south almost as soon as we worked the jet lag out of our systems.  What’s the point of being a homeless migrant after all, if you can’t move with the seasons?

That Team Anderson!  They’re just so flighty.  It sounds so self-indulgent, following the sun like this just because we have wheels and ze money, as Andrea so eloquently phrased it.  Actually though, we’re showing admirable restraint.  For a few days after returning home, Team Anderson batted around the idea of flying off to the Big Island for a month in the sun before deciding that was just too over the top.  Compared to that extravagance, driving our little high-mileage Jetta south is quite modest.

We don’t have much in the way of a plan, and will just figure out what we’re doing as we go.  For now, we only have two fixed points: a week-long reservation in Chico starting Monday night, and a two month reservation back in Portland starting in mid-January - the one we made back when we were hoping to be in Italy and Greece until our Schengen-days were up.  Hopefully by March the world will have righted itself somewhat and we’ll be able to start on a real tour again, but in the meantime this will have to do.

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