Spiders!

-
We've had mice.

We've a kangaroo rat.

We've had moths.

We've had ants.

We've had gnats (repeatedly).

Now... spiders.

One day last week, we started noticing tiny spiders hanging from our ceiling. They were about the size of a gnat, so I brushed the first few off as such. It was only upon closer inspection (and the realization that they were hanging, not flying) that I identified them as spiders.

Our RV is far from tight, so new visitors never strike me as odd. What was odd was the sheer number of them and the fact that they all showed up at once. Either something hatched in the RV (that's how we got moths) or we have a Charlotte's Web situation here.


Julie climbed up on the roof, and sure enough, she found a bunch of them up there. They were coming in through the HVAC units. Apparently we were here just at the right time of year!

She put some peppermint spray around the units to discourage them, we kill them as we see them, and I assume they'll go away. Either that or a few will survive, lay eggs, and...


The things I didn't realize I'd get to experience on this trip...
Location: Sequoia RV Park, 35671 E Kings Canyon Rd, Dunlap, CA 93621, USA

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Food

-
Image
As we traveled the country, we tried to experience local culture. We didn't have much time in each location, so we thought that one of the best ways to do this quickly was to partake of local foods. Therefore, in addition to our National Park theme , we also had a "local food" theme. As we hit each state, we ate a food famous in that state. Just an example; we didn't go off of this map We quickly came to realize that this is a very subjective endeavor. Before we started, I ignorantly assumed that each state would have one or two "famous" foods, making the selection process easy. Not true. First of all, most of what shows up on lists of foods by state is hardly "famous." It's more like "foods you will definitely find in this state and may or may not find elsewhere." Some states have a dozen such foods or more. Many states have the same "famous" foods (there is a lot of crossover with fruit and beef). Second, much of this food...
Read more

My Family's House (by Jordan)

-
It all started out with our adoption. We've been waiting for about 3 years to adopt a child. When my dad put the house on Zillow someone's wife wanted to buy it in 10 minutes. But the husband promised his wife a pool. So they didn't buy the house. There were a few others that I can't remember. But finally Melissa and Tim stepped up! They bought the house. We left March fifth. Tim and Melissa have a daughter named Brook. We are on March sixth now and we are enjoying our time at Poinsett State Park!
Read more

Lassen Volcanic National Park

-
Image
We have officially entered the Pacific Ring of Fire. Well, we've technically been in it for the past few months while in California, but none of the parks we've been to have been related... until now. Starting with Lassen, we're about to hit multiple parks built around volcanos. Other than Mt. Saint Helens and that one in Hawaii that never stops, I would have been hard pressed to name another volcano that erupted in this country... ever. But sure enough, Mount Lassen erupted numerous times between 1915 and 1921, doing quite a bit of damage to the surrounding area (there is a section near the mountain called "the devastated area," which is humorous because it's all grown back and looks perfectly normal now). We've had remarkably good weather for our park days, but as you can probably tell from the picture above, that luck ran out at Lassen. I'm guessing a lot of it had to do with us being at elevation, but the entire day was chilly and foggy. If we look...
Read more