The way we were

This picture was taken when we arrived in Spread Eagle after our great Alaska trip.    If you look close at my forehead you see a small bandage. I was bitten by a tiny spider in Juneau, Alaska. We were camping beneath the Mendenhall glacier. We were very cold and we crawled into our sleeping bags about 7 pm. The kids were in a talkative mood and began telling us all the things they did as kids that we didn't know about. It was fascinating to hear there stories. I grew sleepy, but did not want to miss anything. I noticed a itsy-bitsey spider descending above my forehead. I felt a tiny bite and smashed the spider. The bite triggered  a staff infection in my forehead.     By the time we got to Skagway I was having trouble seeing out of my left eye. We asked a local policeman if there was a doctor in town and he happily told us the gynecologist is in town. So I had my first visit with gynecologist who was able to make a diagnosis and give me a prescription that cleared up the infection.     To this day if you look at the left side of my forehead you will see a tiny scar. It is my souvenir of a wonderful time with my favorite people! Since we won't be sleeping in a tent beneath a glacier I don't think I will be bitten by a spider this time.