Monday, June 14, 2010

Terry and mosquitoes

Tonight's campground (Roughrider Campground in Minot, ND) is bordered on two sides by a still body of water. While this may be nice for some ducks, and a family of Canada geese, it also serves as a breeding ground for mosquitoes.

Terry and I walked up to the camp store after dinner to get our dessert--ice cream, of course. We were out for maybe 15 minutes. Terry got three mosquito bites and had a dozen or more swarming to get to know her Type O neg a little better. She had on a long sleeve sweater, too. Of course it was black (a no-no as far as biting bugs is concerned) and long pants. I had on a short sleeve T-shirt and got no bites despite staying outside twice as long as she did.

The Alaskan mosquitoes are going to drain her dry! (She's going to need a gallon of DEET.)

5 comments:

Rev. Paul said...

DEET works here, too, as does bear grease. The DEET smells better, though.

Dangerous Dan said...

The absolute, no-holds-barred, bestest-ever mosquito repellent in the world is Thermacell. We've tried 'em all here over the years and we're right up against the Ohio River so we know mosquitoes. Thermacell is the only that works as advertised.

JihadGene said...

Admit it..you're using Terry as a mosquito decoy! She'll damn sure come in handy in Alaska.
Safe travels prayers for you both.

joated said...

Paul, Dan, that's good to know. (Especially if you noticed the stock prices of DEET and Thermacell manufacturers go sky high recently. I've made quite a dent in the stock piles of both products.)

JihadGene, Damn! I was hoping no one would catch on to that. But don't forget the bears, too. Should it come to a foot race, she's slower than I am. (I think.)

Shelley said...

She must be sweeter than you! :-)
Mosquitos love me too!