Every three years, or thereabouts Iowa City is infested with biting gnats. Not the regular kind that are here every year and only pesky, but grim gnats from the north, crazy out of their heads on loco weed and out to draw blood. The kind that attack in packs and waves until your lymph nodes swell and you can't draw breath due to an overload of histamine.
As I ride around town on my scooter or motorcycle I hear them hitting my helmet, sometimes my teeth and I cease my slack-jawed smile as they smear my glasses and windshield with their hellbent little bodies. It's not uncommon in years like this to make unplanned stops because they fly up your nose and cause all kinds of sturm and drang.
Yes its gonna be a very bad year for barbecue or any other outdoor activity. So, if you like the smell of rotten eggs, enjoy fat(girls/boys), and now buffalo gnats, you will love Iowa City.
