Alaska Hiway Skeeter Report
For those who are ahead of the rest of us going north through Canada and AK, could you kindly give a mosquito report? I'll be tent camping with dogs and, having been in a huge swarm in Alberta once, a...
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tonymull wrote:2gypsies wrote:
Ever been to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan? Alaska isn't too bad!!
You just haven't been to the right part of Alaska! ;-)
Kidding! I've heard of the UP, I know it's bug heaven. Been to places in BC where you end up eating as many mosquitoes as sandwich or you just skip the food because you can stand them getting inside your headnet. My first time out in the woods near Fairbanks I had on jeans and thought it was cool that there were a thousand or so bombers on my legs....not so funny the next morning when I started scratching over 100 bites. Didn't make that mistake again, but last fall I watched a buddy sit with at least 100 on his back feasting through his t-shirt...no I'm not scratching your back, get a stick! You learn to wear tight weaves and some thickness or spray your clothes.
All that said, I've been to Montana and Idaho when there were hundreds of yellow jackets in camp. You can't keep them off you, but they are sure hard to ignore.
