Fish,
Head up now, don't worry about the skeeters. Just make sure to bring a
fully contained pedal powered pontoon boat and spend your entire
weekend navigating the open water. They can't hurt you out there!
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On Jul 22, 2010, at 9:51 AM, Matt Martel wrote:
> Skeeters can be very bad up there. I really cannot tolerate these
> buggers. It depends on when the snow melted off. Usually a few weeks
> after the snow melt is gone the skeeters subside and it is no
> problem. I havent been up there but was thinking about a weekend
> trip so I would also like to know the status if someone could chime
> in.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Matt
>
> On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Thomas Hoffman > wrote:
> The Skeeters are real bad everywhere this year.
>
> I heard a rumor that a rouge gang of Skeeters ambushed a group of free
> riders near Waldo last month. When they had there fill of the free
> riders
> they stole there mt bikes and began riding the trails around
> Willamette
> Pass. I think they are responsible for a recent crime wave involving
> Randy
> Drellings collection of antique Cannondale's. If you go, be
> afraid. Be
> VERY Afraid!
>
>
> On 7/22/10 9:16 AM, "sean" wrote:
>
> > Not sure about Waldo but I was at Ollalie/monan on the weekend of
> the 9th and
> > it was pretty bad during the day. There was still some snow
> patches up in the
> > 5000 foot range so that could be too blame but those should almost
> be gone
> > now.
> >
> > I brought natural skeeter repellent but you might want to ignore
> the health
> > risks and go with the DEET. They bit me through my thick jeans.
> >
> >
> > SubjectSkeeters at Waldo?
> > Date07/22/2010 08:29 AM
> > FromFischer, Jim E (Corvallis)
> > If anyone has been to Waldo Lake in the past few weeks, would you
> give me an
> > assessment of how bad the skeeters are?
> > Anywhere in the high Cascades with lots of lakes would also be an
> indicator, I
> > guess.
> > Thanks,
> > Fish
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