View Full Version : S.W. Virginia in Mid October???
I will be out for 5 or 6 days in a hammock. Will I need to bring my bug net?
Blissful
07-31-2008, 13:15
You might get some leftover mosquitoes. Shouldn't be a problem, I'd think. Great time to go.
Lone Wolf
07-31-2008, 13:19
I will be out for 5 or 6 days in a hammock. Will I need to bring my bug net?
no. you will not
Plodderman
07-31-2008, 15:39
That late in the year nothing will be needed. I enjoy hiking that time of year as the weather can be real comfortable.
Cookerhiker
07-31-2008, 17:10
Bugs? Heck, I hiked in SW VA Oct. 23-25 and had snow (http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?trailname=3877). Made for some nice photos with sugar-like dusting on still-colorful maple & oak leaves. (http://whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/showimage.php?i=13642&catid=member&imageuser=5065)
Tennessee Viking
07-31-2008, 20:56
Last Oct., I was at Graysons. I had no problems with flies. About a month or so ago, Elk Gardens to Graysons were infested with swarms of flies.
Once then first cold air blows in, flies usually retreat.