Messing In Boats wrote in message
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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.

It has been a very odd year for bugs here in Alaska. Many areas where they
are normally terrible, they have been non-existent. We were in SE (Skagway)
a couple of weeks ago. Go there every year this time. Normally there are a
fair number of mosquito's about. Probabaly only saw 2-3 the entire week.
There were a some no-seeum's, but not nearly as bad as normal.

Scott