On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 22:36:42 -0400, D Carlton
wrote:

I live in New Hampshire (USA) and summer observing is next to
impossible due to the bugs,.. does anyone know anywhere is the US that
is bug free in the summer?

Here in central Colorado, at 9000-10000 feet on the east side of the
divide, there isn't much in the way of bugs (as long as you aren't on a
pond or creek). I might see one or two mosquitoes a year, and nothing
else that bites is out at night. The only nighttime bugs are moths,
which are a bit of a pain in the observatory the next morning (they take
refuge there, sometimes by the hundreds), but aren't generally
noticeable when you are out observing.

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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