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In about ten minutes (and only two hours later than I wanted\u2026) Jan & I climb into the rental and begin our drive north along the California & then Oregon coast.<\/p>\n

Just J & me, moving sufficiently fast we will not be stopping to visit friends. A small sadness, that. But, the chance to just be with Jan, frankly, makes it all okay.<\/p>\n

Not a convertable, but there is one of those moon windows above, so we can pretend\u2026<\/p>\n

Somehow the Beach Boys seemed right here rather than the original gang, as this trip is itself an echo, a memory of things past\u2026<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H-ThPN8ZY4I<\/a>\n

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