[RipSawyer]

"How I ever survived OK--I will never know...."
My first wife grew up in eastern OK, I took her back there to visit and we were both nearly eaten alive by ticks. I grew up in SC and we have ticks but they never did the damage that the OK type did. I was bitten near the waistline by one tick which left a black circle that was visible for the better part of a year before it finally went away. We went fishing several times while there and were constantly seeing poisonous snakes. On the way back home I was laughing and singing, "Oklahoma where the ticks are thicker than a fog".

[savagesusie]

I forgot about the ticks!!!

[ChemistCat]

We were going to get riding lessons for our oldest two kids. We took them all out to the stable. This lady had beautiful horses, wonderful dogs, friendly cats, and two sweet little kids. Every living thing on the place was covered with ticks! The kids had them on their faces! Didn't seem to bother the lady, but it really freaked me out. I wanted to call CPS but my husband wouldn't let me, and you know my aversion to getting the State involved in our lives, but I still feel freaked out that I didn't call! We came home and removed ticks from our kids and ourselves for three hours. No riding lessons. You are so right about the ticks here, in the country at least.