Comments on: Bitten by bugs

By: amlistening

amlistening — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:42:53 +0000

Good one! We all have fears…I guess you just wrote them out.
Internet somehow I feel is a dangerous area too. You read a little, the person writing the page wrote a little and little knowledge is painful.

By: lekhni

lekhni — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:06:41 +0000

amreekandesi: This was the Superior National Forest. There is lots of wildlife, unfortunately we didn’t see any of the bears/ moose/ wolves/ bobcats…and the rest of them. Not a single one of them wanted to chat with us.
The backyard unfortunately also involves a lot of mowing, weeding, and fertilizing. It spends each day scheming how to take away all our weekends

A Cynic in Wonderland: If you mean the mosquitoes, they are here too. In huge swarms every time I step out on the lawn

By: A Cynic in Wonderland

A Cynic in Wonderland — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:24:34 +0000

.. out here, every day can be like a trek sigh.

By: amreekandesi

amreekandesi — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:23:38 +0000

This post makes me so want to go trekking as soon as i can. BTW just out of curiosity, what forest was this? Sounded quite, er, natural! snakes et al…

You have a backyard where you grow plums and berries! wow. All i have in my apartment is a balcony with views of some trees, and i thought this was great!!

By: lekhni

lekhni — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:03:08 +0000

kavi: There are no nicer words than those

Rambodoc: I know, the intrepid guys in Discovery and NatGeo take us everywhere. But staying at home doesn’t help - I got bitten in my own backyard too!

Compulsive Dreamer: Yes, the bug bites have all subsided now..

By: Compulsive Dreamer

Compulsive Dreamer — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:48:10 +0000

Hi,

Seems like you had a nice trip… Hope the bug bite is all okay now. Thanks for stopping by at my blog

By: Rambodoc

Rambodoc — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:47:24 +0000

A nicely written horror story. What’s the whole point of risking your life like this? I personally feel Nature is a dangerous beast that should be controlled and then admired. Often from the living room.

By: kavi

kavi — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:55:44 +0000

LOL ! Interesting read. And sure will keep me coming back for more !!

By: lekhni

lekhni — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:25:45 +0000

Adithya: Probability dictates that you should be more scared of bugs than bears. There were black bears in the forest we went to, too, and a bear had been seen overturning the trash cans around our cabin (too bad we never saw it).
What to do if you spot a bear? Don’t run, climb trees, hand over your backpack if it has any food and tell the bear that you share its views on the economy The bear will surely let you go!

By: Adithya

Adithya — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:51:12 +0000

Just the reading gave me the creeps. I went into a trail in Smokies without any of those precautions. Had just read what’s to be done in case we spot a bear. But neither did we encounter bugs nor bears!