Late March, 2019

We are on vacation for two weeks at a beach house on Dauphin Island, AL. We stayed at a city owned RV park last spring for a week and enjoyed it so much we booked two weeks in a beach cottage. We’re right on the beach- all the houses are staggered on short roads, so everyone has space and views.

This is a test, too. How do we feel about living attached to the ground in 5x as much space? Well, for the first three days we were lost, confused and not as comfortable. How will it feel being back in our little cozy camper? What will we want to live in when we finally stop moving?

We are enjoying the view of the beach and ocean from the huge windows and deck. However, there has been a serious problem—bed bugs! YUP! I got several bites and could not figure out if it was mosquitoes or midges when outside, or fleas…or…bed bugs. Well, it turned out to be bedbugs! The rental agency has been great- came right out, checked out the situation, confiscated our bed linens( our personal ones that are only 2 months old), told us to order replacements by next day air from Amazon, told us how to wash and dry all clothing, and sent us down the beach to a oceanfront, large, beach house, AND refunded all, ALL of our money. Of course, this is all totally inconvenient- we spent a whole day doing laundry, packing up and moving down the road, back into a house up a flight and a half of stairs.

We were able to leave the camper at the bug-ridden cottage, and can go back and stay a couple nights there, before leaving the island.
We always say “things happen for a reason”, and so we will see what the reason for all this is…
Poor Rhylee though- he wasn’t sleeping well as it was, which meant we haven’t been sleeping well either- he can’t settle down once the lights go out, he digs at his bed, he wanders around, etc. So, the move to the big beach house has got him again, totally confused!
I think we all just want to be back in our cozy camper 🙂
Other than that “adventure”, it has been nice here- the beaches are lovely- the sand sings under your feet (like it did in Oregon), the temps have been in the low 70s every day and every day sunny!

What did we learn? We don’t like all that extra space. We love the huge windows and sunlight (we already knew that) and will add more lighting to the camper. And time will tell if there is more of a message here.