Originally posted by waterfall In Minnesota we have small black,biting flies that hatch in June. We call them "No-see-ums" because suddenly a sharp pain erupts from a bare foot or leg with no visible bug to swat. They hatch in hordes and only the dragonflies can eliminate them. I used to windsurf with bare feet until the bites made me crash too many times. I wear scuba diver booties now.
No-see-ums can squeeze through window screen mesh, but not through tropical grade mosquito netting. So here at the Lake, we close our windows at dusk during No-see-um season and run AC. One would think there would be a federal program to reimburse homeowners for No-see-um attacks, including paying for AC in July and August. Either that, or we need a concerted dragon fly breeding program to introduce thousands of Dragons per Minnesota square mile in the Arboreal forest regions. These regions are the "lungs of North America" and we need more trees and less corn. Not to mention fewer No-see-ums.
Apologies, as I know that you really like it there, or you would not stay.
But.
For the life of me I cannot grasp why anyone would like to live there. When I go through in the winter it is colder than a well digger's backside, and winter lasts about 5 months. When it isn't winter it is hot and humid, and the bugs are horrendous. And why can't the Minnesota Department of Transportation build a freeway that is smooth? Out of all the places I go the freeways there have to be the worst, roughest cobs I encounter. From the very moment I cross the South Dakota/Minnesota state line until I pass into Wisconsin or Iowa, it is "bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump! bump!"
Shakes my beer up dude!
Oh, and you mention the "Lake".
Which one?
After all, it says right there on the license plates, "10,000 Lakes".
So which one of those 10,000 lakes is the "Lake"?
Will that keep you from buying a K3?