Yesterday we traveled from Jekyll Island up to the Two Way Fish Camp. I believe they named it that way because the tide hauls in both directions up there. We had lunch at Mud Cat Charlies and this wound up being free because the waitress forgot to put our lunch order in and felt bad. She figured since we had to wait so long for lunch we deserved some southern hospitality. So we enjoyed it even more. A free bottle of wine also!
We left with high tide in the morning for Isle Of Hope. The ride over was brutal from the heat because of the horse flies. Given all the marsh areas we were crossing yesterday we learned that we had to zip up all the panels of the enclosure to keep the flies out. So we were stuck in an oven all day.
Makes us wish we had a dual station so we could drive from inside with the AC on.
This is one of the flies that landed on the stratoglass so I took an up close picture of it from the inside. It was funny to see the shift in personalities yesterday when we left the enclosure open. Deb would usually just smack them and toss them over but once she was bitten, she would smack them with the swatter and then pull their wings off. These suckers are tough and shake it off. They wake up and attack a second time. Given that Deb was not going to let them off easy so she would tear the wings off and throw them over the side after smacking them down. I don't blame her. They take chunks of skin out of you when they bite. I know.
Anyway we know many that did not survive the day. Not to worry they were bouncing off the enclosure all day! There are plenty of them left for those that want to come down and make huggies with them.
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Maybe you could get some screens or mesh to keep the bugs out. Those flies look almost as big and meaty as our mosquitoes in Alaska. At least as big as our no-see-ums anyway.
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