Hopefully Wolf Creek won't be so bad. I have always had problems near lakes in the Uintas but seldom at Wolf Creek. -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces+djcolton=piol.com@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces+djcolton=piol.com@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Richard Tenney Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 2:44 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Wolf Creek this Weekend I was wearing sunscreen with repellent in it, as well as Off spray with deet, and still got bit a couple of times. I've never seen so many really aggressive bugs. During the day I was pestered by deer flies. Last year about this time I didn't have that problem; don't know what's different this year. The really annoying thing was that they would actually land before deciding I didn't taste/smell good. Apparently cats and dogs have a better sense of smell... Definitely wetter where I was than Wolf Creek, but roughly the same elevation, and probably just a few miles North of there (a guess). Chuck's idea would have been a great trick to play on the inconsiderate bone-heads camped nearby that ran their noisy generator all day one day... ;o) --- Chuck Hards <chuckhards@yahoo.com> wrote:
I noticed that my cat doesn't know me when I'm wearing DEET. He HATES the stuff! I wonder if dogs can't stand it, either?
Another (sneaky) chemical solution:
Place a CO2 cylinder under the car of the observer furthest from you in the immediate area, upwind. Slightly open the valve. Walk back to your own telescope. Retrieve cylinder just before you go home.
Thanks to Michael Carnes for inspiring this idea!
--- Richard Tenney <retenney@yahoo.com> wrote:
I probably can't make it this weekend, but I've been camping the last few days at Washington Lake (in the Uintas east of Kamas, at approx. the same elevation) and the mosquitoes were thick and agressive, so be sure to pack along the Deet spray!
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