https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/05/13/from-patagonia-to-the-bay-area-a-stranded-american-finally-comes-home/ > Not a broken-down truck, a nighttime hike in freezing temperatures or multiple police checkpoints could keep Fremont native Thomas vonGnechten from coming home from the remote Patagonia ranch where he had been sheltering-in-place during the coronavirus pandemic. > “It feels really good to be home. I’m glad I caught the tail end of springtime, wildflowers are out,” he said from Calaveras County. “Spring in the foothills is one of the main reasons why I’m here.”