Remdies for Bugs & Bears
Only 60 days till lift off so its getting down to the nitty gritty.. For those who have been there previously...can you give us all some wisdom on the best mosquito/black fly solution? We have re...
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lonnie4801 wrote:
Swat the bugs; don't swat the bears.
On one of our crossings, and there have been many, one of the customs officers asked my what I was going to do about protection against bears since I had told him I didn't have any bear spray. My answer, "stay away from them".
...and therein lies some wisdom that is often absent from discussions about bears.
On my trips, I use Bens.....as I get older, my tolerance for the smell/feel/general ambience of Ben's is becoming limited, so I also carry several varieties of headnet. For a long trip, I slather the Ben's for a couple of days, decide the smell and stickiness is bad, put on a headnet for a couple of days, decide that they are a PITA, go back to Bens, and so forth....
