The canyon was in a very windy spot so Mr. Faigelbaum instructed everyone to dress warmly. He himself was bundled up in a fleece jacket and peaked cap with a picture of an eagle on the front. Mrs. Faigelbaum pulled on a sweater embroidered with robins as well as a floppy hat in a beautiful shade of duck-egg blue. Then she tried to bundle Efraim into a snowsuit with yellow chicks printed all over it. 

Unfortunately right now the sun was shining and Efraim — who in any case wanted to get moving already — was not at all happy about having to wear a snowsuit. He wriggled and jiggled and protested loudly and vigorously until in the end his mother decided to let him be. She’d put the snowsuit on him when they were nearer to their destination. 

Finally Mr. Faigelbaum loaded Efraim’s sturdy mountain stroller into the trunk — they would need it to cope with the rugged terrain — and they were off.