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Huntsman said:
Don't forget the bug spray. 
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Interesting that you mention this item. I have a humorous story on the subject.
About 10 years ago, I was playing golf on Prince Edward Island, Canada, in the middle of the summer. Those little biting flies were swarming all over the course. It was really tough to putt when your head and back were covered in bugs. I was complaining about it to my two playing partners, both of whom were locals.
The resulting conversation with one of the guys is something I will never forget. It went something like this:
"You said you were from New Mexico, right?"
"Yes."
"Don't you have scorpions and rattlesnakes?"
"Well, yes we do. I have seen a rattler on the course back home and many a scorpion in my back yard when I first moved into my house."
"And tarantulas too?"
"Oh yes, all the time! They like to cross the fairway near the lake on hole number 11 on the base course back home."
"Well, you can keep all those nasty things. I am perfectly content with my own insects here."
And as I slapped at yet another annoying fly, I replied, "OK, sounds good! You stay here with these flies and mosquitos and I will go back home to my snakes and scorpions and big spiders!"
I always live in fear that the many people living in the eastern US will discover New Mexico and eventually innudate us with tons of people. We already have enough Californians moving in anyways.
