hoyden
Lady Bug
I HATE TICKS. I mean really seriously can't stand the little buggers. I had such a wonderful time campering around the SouthWest with the worst bugs encountered were an annoyed few days of no-see-ums up at Mulay Point and the occasional scorpion sighting.
But here! Here in the buggy Midwest I've already gotten a number of itchy, scratchy bites - probably mosquito, but I wouldn't doubt in the years I was gone that some new super skeeter unfroze and is now plaguing the sweet people of this region.
A tick tried to attack Argos last week while we were at the dog park. Argos had the audacity to brush up against a tick habitat shrubbery and this little jerk climbed aboard. Luckily, I spotted him on Argos' lovely white fur while the little guy was meandering along. Buh-bye!
So, to finally get to my point: who here campers in the summer in the Midwest? HOW? It's miserably humid, buggy as H.E. double hockey sticks, and full of ticks! (yes, they get their own category)
Other than bathe all of us in DEET before leaving the house, or only campering in winter, how do you function here?!?
* I think this counts as "Trip Planning", right? Planning on how to take a trip in the buggy Midwest.... :-D
But here! Here in the buggy Midwest I've already gotten a number of itchy, scratchy bites - probably mosquito, but I wouldn't doubt in the years I was gone that some new super skeeter unfroze and is now plaguing the sweet people of this region.
A tick tried to attack Argos last week while we were at the dog park. Argos had the audacity to brush up against a tick habitat shrubbery and this little jerk climbed aboard. Luckily, I spotted him on Argos' lovely white fur while the little guy was meandering along. Buh-bye!
So, to finally get to my point: who here campers in the summer in the Midwest? HOW? It's miserably humid, buggy as H.E. double hockey sticks, and full of ticks! (yes, they get their own category)
Other than bathe all of us in DEET before leaving the house, or only campering in winter, how do you function here?!?
* I think this counts as "Trip Planning", right? Planning on how to take a trip in the buggy Midwest.... :-D