1974 Moto Guzzi to the end of the road - almost (north shore of St. Lawrence River) - Page 3

astroguy · 02-24-2013, 11:03 AM

Nick....I see that a couple of your northerly trips were both late summer. On you Trans Lab Hwy trip in Aug sometime you refer to only having 5 minutes before the blackflies find you.
I was considering a June trip .....probably a bad idea? as far as blackflies and such?

BobbySands · 02-24-2013, 03:11 PM

It really depends on the spring and the temps, year by year. Last year was a fantastic time because there were very few black flies. A couple years before they were atrocious. The closer you are to the end of May/first couple weeks of June seem to be the worst, but I'm sure one of these other fellows will chime in here soon. I am far south towards Windsor.

I did ride the trans-lab last year the last week of July/first week of August and there were no black flies. Lots of mosquitos and no-see-ums. For what it's worth, I had great weather, too. Was rained on a couple of times but only one serious downpour.

PS Churchill Falls is crappy.

02-24-2013, 03:11 PM	#32
BobbySands JockeyfullofBourbon Joined: Jan 2006 Location: Your man of The Da Vinci Code. Oddometer: 5,643	It really depends on the spring and the temps, year by year. Last year was a fantastic time because there were very few black flies. A couple years before they were atrocious. The closer you are to the end of May/first couple weeks of June seem to be the worst, but I'm sure one of these other fellows will chime in here soon. I am far south towards Windsor. I did ride the trans-lab last year the last week of July/first week of August and there were no black flies. Lots of mosquitos and no-see-ums. For what it's worth, I had great weather, too. Was rained on a couple of times but only one serious downpour. PS Churchill Falls is crappy. __________________ "So what makes this protest different is that you're set to die, Bobby?" --May well come to that. "You start a hunger strike to protest for what you believe in. You don't start already determined to die or am I missing somethin' here?" -- It's in their hands. Our message is clear. They're seeing our determination.

Thread Tools	Search this Thread
Show Printable Version Email this Page	Search this Thread: .
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

02-24-2013, 11:03 AM	#31
astroguy Adventurer Joined: Nov 2010 Oddometer: 37	Nick....I see that a couple of your northerly trips were both late summer. On you Trans Lab Hwy trip in Aug sometime you refer to only having 5 minutes before the blackflies find you. I was considering a June trip .....probably a bad idea? as far as blackflies and such?