Where are they going?

Where are they going?These geese above my head. I hear them at night and run out to catch sight of their flight. I heard them early this year and wondered what they were doing here so soon. I ran to look for them but they weren't around. They'd tricked me those geese of winter. Had I dreamt the whole thing?

Where are they going and who are they taking with them? If it's true that geese mate for life, I probably wouldn't be a goose in my next life if being divorced twice has anything to do with the factors of reincarnation. And, if geese do mate for life- which may or may not be true and since I don't watch the Animal Planet or have a background in animal science- they may not mate for life at all- but on the premise that they do- why do I see odd numbers in their flying V's? A goose widow or renegade?

Where do they land when these married and some singles fly over my head? Do they land in the rice fields a few miles from my home? Or do they have little geese condos in between the rice? Do they know to stay away from the wildlife refuge positioned next to the private hunting club because even though I think geese aren't huntable, ducks around here are and someone in a blind could mistake a goose for a duck and shoot one down. Maybe that answers my question about the flying V's.

But what I really want to know is where do the geese go when winter ends? Do Canadian geese ever decide to live in Washington?