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Old 09-27-22, 03:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Pratt
Very helpful. Already pencilling in DEET and head nets. Looking forward to the food, especially the seafood which is rare, or nonexistent here in Vermont.
I mostly used Picaridin as repellant, but I had a tiny bottle of 100 percent Deet that I used one day in a Nova Scotia campground where the Picaridin did not really cut it. One day on PEI I saw a trail crew doing maintenance, I stopped at asked what they used for repellant. I assumed that they had all compared notes and decided what was best, but I was quite surprised when every single one had a different preference for repellant.

My jerseys are knit with large holes that the mosquitos can bite through. This was my last trip before I bought a spray bottle of Permethrin to spray my jerseys and knit socks. I have not bike toured since that trip, covid changed many of my plans so I have not had a chance yet to report on whether or not Permethrin works or not. But decades of reports by others suggest that it may be a useful addition to knit clothing for daytime touring in wooded areas where there is not enough wind to keep the bugs down when you stop.

I was camping, photo below, in the morning the mosquitos were waiting for me to open the netting door of my tent so they could come in for breakfast.




I live in Wisconsin about a hundred miles from the nearest of the Great Lakes. When I travel to a coastal area, Fish and Chips is my go to meal when touring and eating food cooked by others. I think on this meal that double fish was an option that I chose. My photo dates indicate this photo was taken on my second day on the island.



As soon as I was on the island, I stopped at a tourist info booth to get a paper road map that I was still studying.
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