I saw the light

I had spent the day out on the peninsula that separates Humboldt Bay from the Pacific. Fog had started forming by the time I left, so I drove with the headlights on even though the sun hadn’t set. 

I found a good place to park in town and climbed into the back of the Rolling Steel Tent to make dinner.

Then the van’s dome light blinked twice. Huh? What new electrical gremlin was that?

But the blinking triggered a thought: Did I forget to turn off the headlights?

Yup, I had.

So, did the van have a special reminder system other than the chime when you open the driver door? (I had climbed directly into the back, not using the door.) I checked the owners’ manual. There was no mention of such a thing. And I had already pushed the button that would keep the dome light off when the doors are open. So maybe a  mystical force was responsible. A Battery Saving Fairy, perhaps. Or maybe the Patron Saint of Those with Their Head Up Their Butt.