Watch out!

Hi folks,

Just a reminder to watch out for ticks as you are out trying to find the first morel of the season. I went looking yesterday and forgot to check before getting in the car, or in the house, or into bed.... Woke suddenly from a doze to feel a hideous creepy-crawly on my back. Rather large tick, but thankfully, still flat, so I don't think he'd had a meal recently. Peeled myself off the ceiling to have hubby check me over and then felt my skin crawl all night! Ugh!

Since I was awake I did a little light bedtime reading on ticks and found that the behaviors likeliest to pick up ticks (in an infested area, of course) are sitting on a stump, leaning on a tree, or carrying wood. I didn't do those, but I did pull some rotted bark off here and there while looking, so I definitely spent time in proximity to stumps. Guess I won't be picking up any walking sticks this year!

A link to the press release that references the study:
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=31952

Happy hunting,

Krista