But you have rattlesnakes!



Mark D wrote:

Hi
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?
thanks
Devlin
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Howdy Devlin,
As far as finding somewhere that is absolutely bug free (I assume you
mean flying, and biting bugs), I don't think there really is such a
place in the continental USA, but maybe if you moved to Antartica? lol
I myself live in southern New Mexico (not far from Cloudcroft), and due
to the dryness of the climate here, you rarely see mosquitoes. I've yet
to be bitten this year, and am out virtually every evening. The drier
the climate, and to be away from any lakes-rivers would naturally be the
best for avoiding those little nasty critters. The downside of this
type of climate is dust, dust storms, and some very windy-gusty days
often. Chicago, "the windy city" has nothing on New Mexico.
I suspect parts of Arizona, and Nevada would be similar to the desert
like climate I have here.
Mark D.