Bite of Vieques

We had a wonderful visit with our friends who own la finca, Corky and Bill, who flew down here for a few days. We had a REALLY great time with them and it was such a breath of fresh air to get to hang out with friends. Unfortunately, the mosquitoes are still pretty aggressive at night and it appears they like Jim better than anyone. I keep telling him it’s because he’s so sweet but he insists they must like the taste of things that are sour. At any rate, we were sitting outside with them and Jim was just getting bitten left and right. We didn’t realize how bad it was until we got inside and saw what you see in the pictures. Calamine lotion here we come!! So now, we’re being much more careful about keeping him indoors at night until these little buggers dissipate. A couple of days later he was talking with the wife of the husband and wife team who do our landscaping and when she noticed his legs, she explained that what Puerto Rican’s do is make up a mixture of rubbing alcohol, mint oil and eucalyptus oil and this concoction does a great job of keeping the mosquitoes away. So we picked up the supplies and made up a spray bottle of it so we’ll keep you posted on how it works.