Packing By Candlelight

It sounds romantic to spend the evening before a trip to Mexico in warm glow of candlelight... Unless the power went out while you were packing.

We had just dropped the dog off with friends and were preparing for our trip to Puerto Vallarta and our flight out of PDX at 6 the next morning. I was in the back yard making sure everything on the exterior fo the house was prepped for our lengthy absence when, BOOOM!!!

Lights on all the houses in the neighborhood go out. In the sky, flickering white flashes accompanied by the sound of arching electricity. Then silence.

That was a big explosion. My gut told me the power wouldn't be coming back on. So packing by candlelight began and it was very pleasant. Except it took twice as long to find anything...but nothing worth doing was ever easy. Puerto Vallarta here we come!