5 months seems average. I suspect I'll be a bit slow, at least at first, so I'd want to have 6 months available. Leave a bit early in the season, at the beginning of April, so I don't feel rushed. I might have to wait in the Sierras for the snow pack to melt, assuming California ever gets any more precipitation, but that's okay. By that point I'll either be dead or up to speed, so crusing along after should be fine.
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