Quote Originally Posted by OakLeaf View Post
Holy @!%@, I'd heard they were aggressive up there, but I had no idea they were so BIG!!
Shhh, don't tell anyone, but the big ones are actually the easiest to deal with as they are slow. I was quite fine that day and hardly got bitten at all. The small ones here in the Interior are a lot harder to keep at bay (or photograph, for that matter).

As for cycling, we usually say if you're faster than 6 mph you're fine, but that isn't quite right as they can hold on to your socks and bite your ankles. But mostly as long as you're moving at bike speed and protect some key places you're fine even in thick mosquito land.