When I was at Pictured Rocks a couple of weeks ago, Ted the trail worker told us that the park had introduced the stable flys there to combat some other...
Yesterday morning I had to be out in the yard around our central Lower Michigan home during a heavy downpour, and got swarmed -- really swarmed! -- by ...
I've noticed that the mosquitos are particularly bad this year also. Maybe the early stint of 90 degree weather has something to do with it? --Mark Dick...
Dick, I have used Off Botanicals myself, but this year I can't find it anywhere! And the website www.offproducts.com doesn't even mention it. I wonder if it...
Gordon, I hope this is a joke! I think stable flies are more annoying than anything. Nothing seems to keep them away such as insect repellant...and they bite ...
We were at a friends BBQ on Sunday at their new home in Ortonville, which was set on quite a bit of land. I took a short walk around their property, and as I...
The wet spring explains things. In GR, we've had 4" more rain in May than usual...about a 35% increase over average. Annual rainfall is also much higher than...
Cool idea Doug but we don't have to worry about too many trolls anyway in the backcountry :) ... <www.wanderingknight.org/glhqotw?getqotw=y&justquestion=y> ......
Congrats to Joan Young on the IPPY Award for her book "North County Cache"! Nice to see a local author win an award for a book about hiking the North County...
Thanks for the heads-up, Debi. I checked the Johnson web site, and sure enough, no more Off! Botanicals listed. I note that at least one product containing...
Yeah! That's nice news. Good for you, Joan! Dick Bolton ... Nice to see a local author win an award for a book about hiking the North County Trail. Yay,...
I was outside last night in SW Michigan and also in Central Michigan and really didn't notice too many of them, partly because part of the time I had my bee...
Discussion of grade in trails raises the question, "how steep is steep?" A 5% grade is just six in. of rise in a 10 ft. run.That translates to 264 ft of...
Dick, Amy and I just used Picaridin in Cutter advanced over our PIRO trip... Worked great with none of the bad deet effects. I have to be a beekeeper ...
Well their "introduction" was successful. Amy and I looked like beekeepers coming out of Cove CG. JTW ... -- www.simplehiker.com - vegetarianism, veganism,...
I have seen the sign announcing stable flies at Twelvemile Beach for a few years now - perhaps this is the area that they've been introduced to. Funny that...
Dick Bolton <dickbolton3@...> wrote: For me, one of the never-ending challenges in hiking uphill is expectations about topping out. I have learned to...
Siler was that Tray Mountain? A tough haul early in a NOBO thru hike. I think every climb I do is different. Sometimes I can just sail right to the top without...
Hi everyone, has anyone here heard of an organization calling itself Environment Michigan before? I just read where they are starting a letter-writing...
Hi everyone, has anyone here heard of an organization calling itself Environment Michigan before? I just read where they are starting a letter-writing...
Hi everyone, has anyone here heard of an organization calling itself Environment Michigan before? I just read where they are starting a letter-writing...
The bottom of the web page states that this is a project of PIRGIM (Public Interest Research Group in Michigan, http://www.pirgim.org/). PIRGIM has been...
Sorry, everyone, for sending that last email in triplicate. For the life of me, I have no idea why that happened. Siler, thanks for your input. The whole...
Way to go, Joan!!! ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 10 Date: Thu Jun 1, 2006 7:45 am (PDT) From: "Paul Haan"...
... I'm confused. If you go into all the State Forest Lands and State Parks, I would say that the majority of the land is left untouched, perhaps with some...
The instructions that come with my PUR/Katadyn Hiker water filter say 2 teaspoons/liter, which comes out to about 3 tablespoons/gallon. After sitting in the...
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