Has it warmed up enough that you was layin in the grass,,,,

   The natives up in Tick country can recognize the "Out Of Towners" cause "them fools is always layin on the grass",,,,,, Thas what my Father In Law told me many years ago on our first trip to Nort Dakota,,,,,Chit,,you could pick them bright red things off  out of many places,,,,

Never had one here,,altho them dogs sometimes get em,,,,

Write down the time, date, location on the body where the tick was removed and where you think you may have gotten the tick. 
Place the information inside the baggie with the tick.

Put the baggie into the refrigerator freezer.

Let your family know.

Should you get sick, take the tick with you so it can be analysed.  This will help  the medical people get you the proper treatment.

  Ole Thad mentions chiggers and Boy, do I have a tale to tell,,,,,

 Back when I was still gettin paid to work,,The company sent me to Potwin, Kansas to go secure an old refinery they had just bought. I took 4 contractors with me and got settled in  at El Dorado thinkin we was fixin to have us a grand ole time for two weeks,,,,,,,,

 So,,we go out to Potwin, and first time we drove past it ,town was so small,,,,

 Found the one gas station and got directions to the plant. 

We get started removing the insulation from the towers and at break,,,we pushed all them TALL weeds down so we could lay down in the shade,,,,,,OH Chit,,,,!!

 Bout the 3rd day,,, 3 of the contract guys and me got these red welts all around the beltline and itchin some terrible,,,the one guy that didn't have this strange chit had NOT wanted to go party with us after work,,so we's thinkin we ALL picked up something bad azz while,,,Partyin,,!!  After the 4th day I can't stand it no more so I take the whole crew to the Dr office in El Dorado thinkin we best get this chit rid of before we gots to go home ,,,,gulp,,,to our wives,,,,,,,,

 The Dr just laughs and laughs and tells us,,,,"You boys got CHIGGERS" Chit I don't know what chiggers is but figure it must be BADDDdddd,,!!

 He gives us a script for some Heavy Duty Cream ,,gauranteed to get rid on them devils,,,,!! It worked,,,after 2-3 days we finally all clean up but,,,,but we ain't takin no more breaks laying in them weeds,,,,,!!!!!

 Naw,,,Darrel,,,Ya see,,,they was local girls so they had already developed them immunities from them cooties,,,errr  wood ticks,,,I meant chiggers,,,chit ,,I lost my train of thought there for a second when ole Darrel reminded me bout them girls,,,dang they was somethi,,,UMMmmmm,,,never mind,,,,,

 Now,,,Chask,,,I wasn't always thinkin or even doin all them nasty UMmmmm,,,shenanigans,,,chit,,, I was up there to work,,!!!

 But,,,it was always 5 oclock ,,,somewhere,,,,,

 Now,,,why an I havin a difficult time believin that, Chask,,,?

 Naw,,,you too much like ole Joe,,to be thinkin down around their ankles,,,,,,

we did have a pretty mild winter,,,i sure hate to see tick season come around,,,

been seein big turtles in the pond already this year too,,,never seen them this early,,,,dont rightly know what that means,,,maybe they got the zeeez,,,covid and such,,,,oh my....lol

ocharry