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RE: Walk With Me [4] - Escape to the Marine Layer - Part 2 - Relief! - and Discovery of a Forest Retreat
I'm on the edge of the prairie, so no significant waterfalls until you go further north. We had a couple days last summer where upper air patterns brought us smoke from your fires. That was rather bizarre!
It's neat that you noticed how we are all so connected through our shared atmosphere. Maybe you got some nice sunsets from all our wildfire smoke! I grew up in Kansas prairie country, so I can relate to not having any significant waterfalls! At least you don't have to go too far to those great Minnesota forests and the waterfalls. Do the mosquitoes stay up there or do they make it to the prairie? In Kansas, those mosquitoes had to know how to hold on in the wind! ; )
Definitely great sunsets during the fires out west!
Mosquitoes in southern Wisconsin seem dependent on the area. I live on the river, but the water flows fast enough that I don't get many here...plus there are lots of birds! The next town over has a couple of shallow little lakes, and the mosquitoes there are horrible!
Northern WI has some fabulous waterfalls, too.
Birds sure do help with the mosquito population -- and dragonflies and bats once it gets warmer. The worst I've ever had it was on a cattle ranch, where there were deep hoof-prints all through a muck area. Every footprint was a mosquito breeding spot. Worse than the Boundary Waters area's blackflies, lol. I hope you get to enjoy some waterfalls this spring! :D