It's interesting what we find out about each other after years. Never
knew that you worked for the News or Herald. And it's a good thing you
weren't still living in Homestead on Aug. 24, 1992.
Chuck Norcutt
On 6/17/2012 11:55 AM, Rick Beckrich wrote:
> I'm with Chuck. We lived outside of Homestead, FL - about three miles from
> the back gate to the park when I worked for the Miami News and Miami Herald
> in the early '70s. No problems on a sunny day... watch out after dark, or
> you might hear one mosquito saying to another,
>
> "Shall we eat him here, or take him back to the park?"
>
> "Eat him here... if we go back, the big mosquitos will take him away from
> us."
>
> Old swamp rat Rick
>
> On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 10:40 AM, Chuck Norcutt <
> chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> The Everglades is very comfortable in the winter and spring. Also,
>> assuming that you're inland in fresh water (and not subject to saltwater
>> marsh mosquitoes) mosquitoes are not much of a problem during the day
>> whether in the marsh or the cypress swamp even in the summer. When I
>> worked for Fish & Wildlife as a volunteer "roving interpreter" I could
>> spend almost the entire day in the cypress swamp and never get bitten by
>> a mosquito... assuming that you define "day" as from about 9am to 4pm.
>> I never wore insect repellent because I hate the stuff. But if the sun
>> is low or has set then watch out. :-)
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> On 6/17/2012 3:00 AM, Wayne Harridge wrote:
>>> Everglades - "comfortable" !
>>>
>>> ...Wayne
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Photographic survival (for money at least) may require finding just
>> such a
>>>> comfortable niche.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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