Erica's latest activity

Backcountry-skiing...walking up with skins on my skis, enjoying a nice view from the top of a mountain and having fun skiing down...

Here are the results of a bug bite I had a few years ago. We think it was a spider but not sure. The wife made me go to ER as soon as...

Same. Even though ticks aren't an issue up North (yet), it's not worth the risk IMO. If I ever find one imbedded during a trip, I...

i used snaps on my hornbeck wood gunwale in the photo I posted above. But snaps can become difficult to use, especiallly if they get...

Doxycycline is the antibiotic of choice for both Lyme and anaplasmosis (unless you have a particular reason not to take it.) I bring...

I experienced anaplasmosis for the first time this fall. I was working in my wood lot so that must be where I picked it up. I...

Being sick while traveling is my worst nightmare. I’m sorry your son went through that. They ran the test for me because all it...

My doc doesn’t bother with the test. When I present symptoms, she gives me antibiotics. Not sure the test helps unless the visible...

I hate ticks. Permethrin works well. Just be careful how you apply it around your skin. Read those lables well.

As an owner of a pest control company, in the same general region as you, I can say without a doubt that these past warm winters have...

I'm not convinced it is the cold winters that kill off the ticks. Rather, it is the deep snow and cold winters that keep the deer...

Perhaps this will make you feel better. While there has been a significant increase in blacklegged ticks in the immediate area around...

I'm a little on the fence over this and other related topics- while I really don't like burning plastics, at the same time I don't like...

Reading these last couple of posts got me thinking about an issue we had last year regarding an outbreak of invasive Hydrilla at the...

I went with Velcro because I didn’t want to drill holes in the boat. I REALLY didn’t want to drill holes. I also put a pocket in the...