Hope for the best for you sir. Hopefully you can still manage some kayaking here soon.

I’ve seen a couple out in my area the last week or two but nothing too crazy. This experience I had was SO bad. I’ve never packed up and left somewhere on account of mosquitos or bugs. Only bugs I don’t care for are mosquitos and wasps. Just part of the warm season. Me and my brother were being swarmed by dozens of mosquitoes going for any exposed skin. Felt like i couldn’t even take a deep breath or I’d literally inhale a bunch of them going for my face. I go camping a lot and I’ve never seen anything like it.

In my neighborhood the mosquitos suck. Even today they were swarming me. I live pretty close to the wilderness though. I love winter when all the bugs are dead or hiding wherever they hide. I hate them all.

Anywhere I’ve been in the PNW never really had a horrible experience with mosquitos until a couple years ago up at walupt lake near Mt.Adams. Lots of lakes and deep wilderness out there. A few mosquitos don’t bother me much…but holy hell it was bad there in mid July. Middle of the day trying to set up camp and I put on sweatpants and a sweatshirt plus deep woods off spray and they were swarming my ankles and face. We packed up and left after an hour it was so bad. I wouldn’t want to live somewhere that it was that bad.

Visited Washington DC.. Absolute nightmare. 95 degrees and blasting sun. Limited shade. Ruined the trip because I had to spend more time fanning myself seeking shade than enjoying the monuments. At night, swarmed with an insane number of bugs. Also the streets stink there.