Happy 71, Tom! (August 9, 2022--Part 3)

As we drove south on the I-5 from Crater Lake National Park toward Mt. Shasta City, we passed Klamath Lake. I thought we were driving into a heavy rainstorm. But no! It was a heavy little green bugs storm! Tom could barely see to drive. We were 9 miles from the nearest town and it was pitch dark.

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Even the headlights were covered! We were so relieved when we could pull into the Love's Truck Stop just beyond the lake. 

Love's was set up with high pressure hoses for the year-round nightly attack of the midges. They live in the bottom of the lake until it's time to mate. Then they fly up by the zillions! We weren't the only ones washing cars off. What would it be like on a motorcycle?

The following day we checked the radiator, and sure enough, it was clogged with midges that had mushed through the grill. The Mt. Shasta park rangers were kind enough to let us use the high pressure hose in their truck yard to clear the radiator. And yes, that's Mt. Shasta in the background.