Dang Bugs...

You should move down here At least in north(ish) Georgia, we're above the gnat line... The benadryl gel works really well on bug bites. I knew it was spring down here when I swallowed a bug on a run. Yeck.

Now you know why cyclist always have glasses on.  It's not to look cool, it's to protect you from kamikaze insects.

I've swallowed a few bugs while riding - that's always an interesting experience.

And for those of us who wear contacts, they're vital.  No need to tear up, lose a lens, and have to feel your way home. 

OMG Phoenix, what in the Sam Hill was that???  Semi funny and truly disturbing.  Maybe I am just old becase my kids saw it pop up on my screen and and laughed their little butts off but I did not get it.

Anyway I ran a sub 9 minute mile 5K race at my food show in Florida 2 weeks ago and my wife let me get some new Oakleys as a reward(yes I said she LET me) so I look less dorkish on the bike.  not much of a story, more of a brag, but no more bugs in the eyes.

I did get hit today on the bike by a larger bug square in the neck.  For some odd reason reminded me of a girl I dated in high school.  Not sure why.  Anyway I will stop rambling and ruining your thread.

I've had the obligitory bumble bee in the helmet, which sucks big time.

I've also been descending a hill at 40 mph and had a HUGE grasshopper smack me in the eye.  Luckily I was wearing sunglasses, but it still blinded me in that eye.  I stop and one lens is covered in grasshopper guts and half a carcass glued to the lens with the bag legs still twitching.  The front half was embedded in my helmet somwhere.  It was the most distusting thing I have ever encountered.