Quote Originally Posted by ridenread View Post
Major mosquito problem here. Yesterday I was out riding and stopped for a couple of minutes at a roadside stand to buy a zuchini bread. I ended up with eight mosquito bites on my right leg and five on my left, which swelled and itched like crazy on the ride home. Then of course thoughts of Triple E and west nile virus kept creeping in since there has been so much on the news lately of birds with the virus in the area. Today I made sure to use the bug spray every time I stepped out the door.
Yuck. Must be a general problem in this state b/c of all the rain. And I know what you mean about the thoughts of West Nile etc. especially since it has been found in mosquitoes here in Worcester recently. If I start having any flu-like symptoms, that is what I'll think of immediately. As for the bug spray, we did have it on yesterday but it just didn't seem to do anything against such a high concentration of mosquitoes; don't know if a DEET-based spray would have been any better or not. All I can say is that the mosquito situation on the trail yesterday was hands-down the worst I have ever seen in my life!