Point Mugu
Point Mugu, California, eight years ago today… undeniably beautiful, but it’s what you don’t see in this photo that we’ll always remember : tiger mosquitoes! I’m actually surprised we were able to stay still long enough to snap this photo. Although, if you made it all the way to the edge of the water, the mosquitoes were slightly better. If you’ve never experienced a tiger mosquito, look them up....and cross your fingers you never cross paths with one! Tim and I were staying at this beautiful oceanfront Navy base hotel, right on the Pacific Coast. It was a postcard-worthy location, but we were basically prisoners inside unless we wanted to brave the attack we knew would begin the moment we opened the door. Every time we needed to get to our car, we would run. Once inside, we’d spend a few minutes making sure none of those attacking mosquitoes had managed to follow us. If one did, it was game on until they were all dead. Until then they would attack viciously, biting nonstop, and th...
