Warren,
Our Winter is really starting out strange. We normally have much more rain by now and also some nice days to drive, but so far about all we have had is a day or so of hard rain, lots of very cold wind, and just cold days with the highs in the 40s. This may be a dry Winter and if it is, there won't be many days it will warm up a lot.
I have to go into Redding this morning to renew my CCP as the two years are up. I wish they had parking for the public closer than five blocks away. That is the only bad thing about doing this as it is quick and easy once you get in there.
Ron