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What was he unhappy about? I do not remember. But they change faster than the weather at that age. He was happy again five minutes later.

And, unfortunately, mobile. I took this photo in another of the houses we have tried in the Pt. Reyes area, this one–like the one below–in Inverness, in the hills above Tomales Bay. I liked it well enough, but there are special challenges that come with having a toddler along. That railing in the background of the photograph surrounded the big section of floor that opened into the staircase to the first floor. The railing, of course, did not seal off the entire stairway, and the open side was like an open pit. Lewis was just starting to walk. We blocked the stairs off with a couch, and discovered that, incredibly–like Mr. Incredible–he could move the couch. The classy hardwood floor was that slick–another problem, with a toddler. So we piled two futon mattresses on top of the couch. The futon mattresses were stuffed with goose down or steel filings or maybe sand, and weighed eighty pounds each. We were all sleeping downstairs, and the stairway that led to our beds was now no longer characterized by ease of access.

These are a few of the problems the parent of small children will encounter, in these places.

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