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oh my heavens. Don't put gasoline on ticks to get them out! Just pull them.

I'm not a doctor, so... Yeah, that happens with a lot of allergens.

Addressing this year and a half too late. Alpha gal is not an infectious disease, it's an allergy, so there is no organism to transmit. As far as I know, it's like many other allergies, in that the more exposure you get, the more sensitive you get, kind of like poison ivy. (Although much less...

Nope. There is absolutely nothing I've ever seen or read that shows any efficacy whatsoever.

aw. Thanks for the vote of confidence! Bob, your skepticism is valid! The mode of action of DEET is, indeed, to block the chemical signal (lactic acid and carbon dioxide, mainly) that ticks use to locate hosts by engaging with tick receptors. As with other repellents, it's volatile so gets...

Wish there were a vaccine for it. There are some for horses.

I think these are larval lone star ticks.

We went up to Syracuse to a rooftop bar to watch. It was something I was unprepared for, the sheer awesomeness of the totality. There were so many things happening at once, I wanted a replay right away. We could see the darkness approaching us across the city from our perspective. It was cloudy...

I felt it in NW Connecticut.

I give a lot of lectures about tick control for animals, and someone *always* asks me this question: Can I take this product? I have to tell them to please follow label instructions, they're for dogs only. I wondered when someone would try to make one for people. I think I'll take it but I'll...

Nice! What are those in photo 12?

That just happened to my sister last month, except it was $250. She just said "I am not paying for that". The only thing that works for me is endless patience and the willingness to just walk out.

Use a hot hair dryer on the itchies. It helps me so much.

that is CRAZYPANTS.

I am sorry, that is so monotonous! Salmon is very meaty if you want to at least try some fish.

I'd assume turkey

I use Absorbine horse spray. Only on clothes, never on skin...

post-hike chigger bite report?

Damn. I am really sorry to hear that.

STARI. Lyme is already here. NJ has so many lone star ticks, so I'd be concerned with STARI. It's not as serious but still no bueno.