Second or third or maybe fourth honeymoon?

Yesterday as we were packing up the truck to go on our Pacific Northwest road trip, our neighbor lady, Carolyn, who I absolutely adore, drove up to us on her way into town. She asked if we were going on a second honeymoon. After she left, we speculated that this must be our third or fourth honeymoon so far. I've been super lucky to have found and married my traveling soulmate. We will take any opportunity to get to take minor or major excursions. We truly enjoy being with one another especially when we are exploring new places and things.

The end of summer is especially difficult for me because of the dread and contempt I hold for winter. Not only do I suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder in the winter months, I get horrible anxiety in the Autumn just thinking about it! So after a super busy summer, we decided we needed a little getaway to get geared up for a long 6 months or so of little more than school, work and cold.

Last night we drove straight through to Farewell Bend Oregon just over the border from Idaho. We drove through several down pours on our way in. I was exhausted when we checked into the campground. While Rodney paid for our camp spot, I scouted out the restroom. On my way out of said restroom, I looked down and saw two ginormousmungus spiders! One was a hobo, I'm pretty sure. That one chased me back into the bathroom and managed to squeeze in before the door shut. We stared at one another for a few minutes. Finally I took off my flip flop and chucked it at him and he ran up the far wall. I peeked out the door and the other, larger, spider was still resting in the same spot. He had like a flat, beetle-looking body with huge long legs and was the size of newborn kitten. I inched my way around the door slowly and made my escape. Had that spider flinched, I would have screamed at the top of my lungs!

Of course, after that I was skiddish and could feel things crawling all over me so I was motivated to get the air mattress pumped up as quickly as possible and our bed made in back of the runner so I could be elevated out of any brush or vegetation. It was super hot and humid so we had the sun roof open, the windows down and even the back window rolled down which made it impossible to perform our nightly ritual of reading before bed because the light would attract skeeters and gnats. Eventually, we opted to turn the lights way down on our kindles and we read for half an hour or so before falling asleep. As we drifted off to sleep we noticed lightning all around us in the distance. But above us the stars were thick and bright.

Fast forward to midnight... Ha ha. Lightning, thunder and torrential rain ensued. Rodney crawled to the ignition to turn on the key and close the sun roof. We tried leaving the side windows open for air but we were getting soaked so those had to be closed as well. Oh well, not the greatest night of sleep ever. We will hope for better conditions tonight. ;)