mosquitoes...the VA state bird
This will be our 5th year going to VA Beach for vacation. It's great and we always have such a good time. It's a great family experience. The skeeters are always bad...particularly last year. There we...
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Well Gang,
We did the Winnebago/Itasca Grand National Rally at Forest City IA last June and, being from CA, I'd never seen so much green. We parked in their factory supplied campground with about 5 acres of green, nice semi-lawn. Well, apparently they'd had some serious rain a few weeks prior to the event. We arrived a few days early and were liking the chance to sit outside, with no other RVs blocking our view of the nice area and at the time, some really nice weather.
Well, it didn't take long before I had approximately 50 bites and the wife was catching up quickly. Our friends were hovering around 40-50 bites, AND THIS WAS ALL IN THE FIRST AND SECOND EVENINGS. The folks running the event, parking helpers, row advisors etc. said this is the worst they'd ever seen it. We normally get a few bites in the Sierras when we camp there, depending on when we go but, this was ridicules.
We tried the "Skin-so-soft" and a few other elixers and, it's possible that some may have deterred the little monsters but, I'm not sure they (the intended rememdies) were completely effective. As time went on, and things dried out while we were there, (had almost no more rain for the almost two weeks we were there)the little critters seemed to have dissipated. It actually got nice to sit out in the evening, "while continuing to scratch previously injected venoms".
Scott
P.S. By the way, on the way to Forest City, we camped for two nights at Pawnee State park in NB. It was a nice lake and place to camp. I think it was the fourth of July 'cause there were fireworks at every camp site. It was hard for me to imagine the authorities let them do all this and some of the area was quite dry. But, my point about staying there, not only did they have Mosquitos but, they also had TICKS!!!!!!!!! That was the very first time we encountered those little monsters. Our dog had one in him the first night and I had one in my side that I didn't even know what there.
Man, this living out west in the dry, arid climate sure has something to say for it.
Scott
We did the Winnebago/Itasca Grand National Rally at Forest City IA last June and, being from CA, I'd never seen so much green. We parked in their factory supplied campground with about 5 acres of green, nice semi-lawn. Well, apparently they'd had some serious rain a few weeks prior to the event. We arrived a few days early and were liking the chance to sit outside, with no other RVs blocking our view of the nice area and at the time, some really nice weather.
Well, it didn't take long before I had approximately 50 bites and the wife was catching up quickly. Our friends were hovering around 40-50 bites, AND THIS WAS ALL IN THE FIRST AND SECOND EVENINGS. The folks running the event, parking helpers, row advisors etc. said this is the worst they'd ever seen it. We normally get a few bites in the Sierras when we camp there, depending on when we go but, this was ridicules.
We tried the "Skin-so-soft" and a few other elixers and, it's possible that some may have deterred the little monsters but, I'm not sure they (the intended rememdies) were completely effective. As time went on, and things dried out while we were there, (had almost no more rain for the almost two weeks we were there)the little critters seemed to have dissipated. It actually got nice to sit out in the evening, "while continuing to scratch previously injected venoms".
Scott
P.S. By the way, on the way to Forest City, we camped for two nights at Pawnee State park in NB. It was a nice lake and place to camp. I think it was the fourth of July 'cause there were fireworks at every camp site. It was hard for me to imagine the authorities let them do all this and some of the area was quite dry. But, my point about staying there, not only did they have Mosquitos but, they also had TICKS!!!!!!!!! That was the very first time we encountered those little monsters. Our dog had one in him the first night and I had one in my side that I didn't even know what there.
Man, this living out west in the dry, arid climate sure has something to say for it.
Scott
