Leaving San Diego to Visit Family in the Winter Makes No Sense

San Diego Winter Problem #5: You are Screwed when you Visit other Places in the Winter

I know, right. Leave San Diego. In the Winter. Are you nuts? Sure, we're all prepared to go snow-boarding up in Big Bear, but that trip automatically comes with special snow-boarding gear we usually rent there. Any other travel to anywhere, and I mean anywhere (it rains in other parts of California), requires us to figure out what kind of cloths to bring, and that sends us into a tizzy of confusion. Will my heavy winter jacket (a light fleece) be enough to stave off a cold day in Minnesota in January? How could anyone even know that? Should I bring shoes, actually shoes, or should I try to figure out how to wedge my flip-flops onto a sock-covered foot (that's probably winter problem #7), and yes I do have socks despite what you might think -- for winter... duh. I am nothing if not prepared! The strange thing is that despite all the craziness of trying to plan for super-storm Sandy all over again, we usually end up in an over-heated house that's in our comfort range of 73-74 degrees. So after all that, we could have just worn our normal San Diego attire the entire time.