I can’t really say that the trip to South Dakota started out poorly but after driving through first night and stopping the next evening the splatters on the windshield and front bumper had made a pretty good mess on the car.
What surprised me about the beginning of the journey was that, after traveling safely through the Florida panhandle by way of SR 19 then I-10 and a little stretch on I-12 to avoid New Orleans, the short distance through Mississippi and proceeding through a good portion of Louisiana along the northbound lanes on I-55 brought the sight of LoveBug splotches of gray, black and red colors decorated the Color Guard coating over the paint of the ’03 Camry, including the review mirrors.
The season of LoveBugs in Florida had minimal affect from the damaging acidity of those pesky little buggers. Previous years had plastered the porch and window screens of my home, even squeezing their pliable bodies through the tiniest openings and flying inside when outside doors were opened. Naivety made me fail to question the feasibility that through the past three decades their unnatural terrains well exceed the confines of Florida.
It wasn’t until after a few days of arriving in Rapid City that time was spent removing their remains from the car. Mild scrubbing before hand gave the touch-free automated car wash an easier job of the rest. Without rainfall locally, lovebugs were denied their basis of multiplying and 2008 gave us a respite.
Fortunately, the trip back to Hernando County was totally void of LoveBugs and very few others.
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