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Concern over inadequate, infrequent, or non-existent tick checks is why my children do not attend any sort of sleep-away wilderness camps.
by testfoobar 7y ago
Concern over inadequate, infrequent, or non-existent tick checks is why my children do not attend any sort of sleep-away wilderness camps.
- newnewpdro 7y agoYou could just select a camp where ticks aren't a concern.
- rlonstein 7y ago> You could just select a camp where ticks aren't a concern. No problem, that rules out most of the US and Europe: * https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/geographic_distribution.html https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/geographic_distribution.html * https://ecdc.europa.eu/en/disease-vectors/surveillance-and-disease-data/tick-maps https://ecdc.europa.eu/en/disease-vectors/surveillance-and-d...
- newnewpdro 7y agoI don't worry about ticks one bit in the Mojave, no annoying mosquitoes either. Maybe there's winter camp near Joshua Tree?
- oblib 7y agoI lived in So California for around 14 years and spent a lot of time hiking in the Sequoias and Tehachapis and the only tick I ever saw was one that jumped on me while hiking around Castiac Lake.
- oblib 7y agoWhen I was a kid my mother gave us kids a tick check every evening when we came inside and tossed our clothes in the washing machine. Every kid's mom's did that around here. If you spent the night at a friends you'd be getting tick checked :D When we got to be around 10 years old we had to do the checks ourselves, so it's really a habit now.
- oblib 7y agoI don't blame you. Here in the Ozarks hiking and camping in the forests is something we locals do in the cool months, from the beginning of October to the end of March the next year. After that we hang out at the lakes, streams, and swimming holes. I only venture into the forests in the warm months when I must and I try to wear clothes treated with permethrin when I do. I not a big fan of wearing poisoned clothes but that stuff does work very well.