swarms

In the last two or three days I have been inundated with grasshoppers. Literally killed thousands of them by myself. My tires are slimy with their guts its getting gross. At first I was trying to avoid them but they are everywhere. They sit and as I approach they hop and fly, when the wind is at my back its not too bad they fly off in front of me and do it again, but the times the wind is into me it is like a nightmare. They jump and fly and the wind pushes them into me, they have sticky claws that they cling to me with and then they jump again. Some hit me in the face others legs some on my body. It truly is horrifying. I got off my bike at one point to take a photo and there were three on the bags hitching a ride. Just gruesome beasts. They range in size from 1/2 an inch (much harder to run over) to 2+ inches (they pop and squirt) so Kansas has been fun but not for the reasons I expected.