Tick tock, more ticks!

I forgot to mention that while we were packing up on Monday morning, I was outside in Shady Ridge campground and I was wearing my white cotton bohemian knit, Terry spotted a tick walking up my sweater.

He flung it on the ground and stomped it. I doubt the tick even had a chance to bite me, but damn, again a tick. So far we've camped in Nova Scotia, Quebec and Ontario and we've seen ticks in Nova Scotia and Ontario..but there was an article about ticks in Quebec just a few days ago.

There was all sorts of warning about Deer ticks all around Charleston Lake Provincial Park. So fact a tick was found on me wasn't that surprising.

He was very ticked off

So we were sitting in the car after Tarping the tent and he feels something moving in his hair and he flings a bug out in the car, asking me what the fuck it is.

From memory it looked like a tick, having been an avid camper, I'm aware deer ticks can be a problem, so I googled it with my phone and confirmed he removed a tick from his sideburns on the right side.  The tick had left a red pin hole sized hole.

After doing some reading I concluded that the ease he had to remove the tick meant it hadn't been feeding for long if at all, so the risk of Lyme are almost nil. Though I keep looking at the area were he was bitten regularly to make sure he doesn't get LYme.

Funny enough my daughter's dog Zeus also got a deer tick about the same time.  His tick was far bigger then the one Terry removed from his head.

Last I checked Terry didn't seemed Lymed... just a little ticked off :)