Wednesday night we noticed it getting pretty buggy, so we closed the screens on the back deck, then the doors to the deck. By the time we went to bed the screens and the windows were covered with bugs, what I call faux-skeeters, but around here they call blind mosquitoes. Thursday morning, they were everywhere. We swept some off the front windows and tapped them off the screens, but they swarmed back. Kerry even went out with the broom while we were crossing Lake George and swept the windows and decks, but they were pretty persistent. Finally, around mid-afternoon, they started flying off, leaving behind what we guess is green bug poop. The river retained its beauty, with an abundance of ospreys and their nests, as well as more alligators. We passed small towns that were
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