Get and burn Buhach per the instructions. Will keep skeets out of Vans
and tents, and generally discourage them. However, clothing is the best
protection when outside those areas. I use Deet when bare skin is exposed.

In Alaska I have seen mosquitoes so think on cloting at times that a
yellow wind jacket looked like a leapard skin. During certain times
there is no choice but to wear a hat with a mosquito net.

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

BA wrote:

>On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 01:37:16 -0400, you wrote:
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>>Boy, have I been dealing with these little suckers this year?
>>I really wanted to believe in this "cure".
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>>The Westy has been pretty much modified to satisfy SWMBO in order to make
>>her feel that the two year old is "safe" from West Nile while camping.  We
>>added a no-seeum netting under the sliding door curtain (very nice for
>>keeping the door open and the bugs out).  I also did the in-place
>>replacement of the pop top screen so that we now have a functional bug
>>screen up there. And finally I was able to make the original sky light
>>screen stick to the pop top ceiling by replacing the original Velcro� to
>>eliminate the free pass the bugs had inside from there.
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>Hooray!  Ideas!  This bit of mosquito-bait was just reminded that our
>new-to-us-Westy screens do *not* keep out mosquitos.
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>To my amazement, I find that it's REI who has the least-expensive
>no-seeum netting by-the-yard!  Is it good stuff?  (I generally find
>that at REI we get good quality, but good prices as well.  So I'm
>suspicious when they're the least expensive ...)
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>And, the million-dollar question is, ...  black, grey, or white?  (We
>have what I *think* are the original '87 Westy screens, which are
>yellowed-by-age-white in color.)
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>And while I'm asking, any recommendations/hints/gotchas for washing
>these screens?  And for good measure, the curtains?
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>B, hasn't-been-camping-in-it-yet-darnit girl
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