BUGS!!!

[MPH]

Anyone been down to C. Mesa, Needles, and Lake Powell recently? How are the bugs? Thanks

[desantisc]

Here in TN we have swarms of cicadas and huge healthy june bugs. Gnarly little boogers with strong, grippy legs that like to fly in your hair!

[oldno7]

Anyone been down to C. Mesa, Needles, and Lake Powell recently? How are the bugs? Thanks

I'm at Powell 2-3 times a month. Lots of bugs but none that bother humans. They will cling to the lee side of a boat,tent, anything, but they do not bother folks.

My comments would be valid for Escalante South to Wahweap, I haven't been further North.

[rockgremlin]

I think it was Rock Gremlin who found a solution to the bug problem.

step 1: Buy cheap bug deterring lotion
step 2: Goop in on very thickly and the bugs get stuck in it and die

Yes that was my patented solution to the bug problem. It works like a charm - every time. Nothing I've found even comes close to being as effective. It may be a little awkward to have that much bug lotion on exposed skin, but the satisfaction of killing all those little buggers instead of them biting you is definitely worth it.