... once a year, millions of crickets invade austin. walk along the
sidewalk and it's *crunch crunch crunch*... eat outside and they hop
into yer food, hop down yer shirt. it only lasts about a week tho.
Doesn't sound as bad as the two (mid Spring, early Fall) love-bug
invasions that hit Florida. They last two to three weeks, and if you
drive down the highway more than ten minutes you'll be forced to soon
afterward put some effort into washing/scraping the gooey mess off your
windshield and car body. If you don't, they leave permanent visible
blotches in your paint job.
Somehow it never fails that after not hitting the road for months, I'll
end up having to make a trip up the coast right in the middle of love-bug
season. Back just after Free Bird was born we planned a trek to loop
around Florida visiting all the "ralatives" to show her off. Involved
a week of driving with about 20 different stops. Yep, it was the Fall
love-bug season. :-( By the end of that week I was so sick of smelling
"hot love-bug & soapy water soup" that I stayed home for months... :-)
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