mosquito free northwest summer?

siguccs wrote:
I was planning to camp in my 36 foot motorhome on the Oregon coast in June/July when I noticed a posting about how bad the mosquitos are at Fort Stevens State Park at that time. So now I'm looking for other places to go, postponing the coast till early fall. I'd like places that stay below 85 degrees and have small or no mosquito or other biting bug problems in June/July. Maybe other places on the coast would be okay? Or I'd be willing to go just about anywhere in Oregon, Washington, Idaho.

This is a great forum, thanks for your help!

btw, I could go home, though I'd prefer to stay in the west. We don't have many biting bugs in southwest VA any time of year.

We live in Idaho Falls, ID (south-east) and dry camp often. Normally the mosquitoes in south-east Idaho are very light depending on where you camp. There ARE areas in the northern and central part of the state, which is typically wetter than south-east (SE) Idaho, that have more mosquitoes than normal. Another area with a higher concentration of mosquitoes is the Island Park area. That's in SE Idaho near the Montana border and west entrance into Yellowstone Park. We've been out several times this year to an area just west of Island Park called West Camas creek just north of Spencer, Idaho off I15 and have noticed a higher concentration of deer and horse flies this year. They can be worse than mosquitoes. That was during late June and July. We've had a very dry summer in SE Idaho. I would expect things to improve on the mosquito and deer/horse fly front during August and September. Wet weather tends to bring them out. If there are specific areas in Idaho you're interested in, I can provide my opinion on what to expect "bug" wise.