Gnats, mosquitoes and things that bite
We are planning a trip to the Great Salt Lake and I saw a notice at one of the campgrounds that the No-See-ems were hatching and even head nets didn't work Shall we rethink going. How long are they a...
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We drycamped in our RV on Antelope Island (in the middle of the Great Salt Lake) in mid-summer a few years ago and the bugs weren't too bad, but maybe early in the summer they would have been worse.
The use of a fan to blow away bugs whenever outside is a good suggestion. We carry along a high volume powerful 12 volt fan, with an extension cord for it, that blows bugs when sitting at outside tables or sitting in our lounge chairs.
What we found was WAY MORE IRRITATING when camping on Antelope Island was the odor in the air - everywhere out there. There's nothing you can do to get rid of that if it's present.
By the way when bugs get inside the RV and land on light colored surfaces there, we just use a little portable vacuum cleaner to suck them off of anything they're on. Amazingly, once inside the vacuum they never seem to "escape out of it" ... there gone forever. We use this same technique in our stick house.
When camping on Antelope Island you will probably see some really astounding sunsets ... as well as buffalo.
The use of a fan to blow away bugs whenever outside is a good suggestion. We carry along a high volume powerful 12 volt fan, with an extension cord for it, that blows bugs when sitting at outside tables or sitting in our lounge chairs.
What we found was WAY MORE IRRITATING when camping on Antelope Island was the odor in the air - everywhere out there. There's nothing you can do to get rid of that if it's present.
By the way when bugs get inside the RV and land on light colored surfaces there, we just use a little portable vacuum cleaner to suck them off of anything they're on. Amazingly, once inside the vacuum they never seem to "escape out of it" ... there gone forever. We use this same technique in our stick house.
When camping on Antelope Island you will probably see some really astounding sunsets ... as well as buffalo.
