About the Alaskan bugs: We just got back from a cruise in our boat from
Port Hardy, B.C. to Sitka and back, and except for some no-see-ums
around the Baird and Patterson glaciers, I bet we didn't see six bugs
the whole trip.

There were no mosquitos at all, a couple flies and no bees or
yellowjackets. We have screens and brought plenty of all kinds of bug
dope and didn't use any of it.