25 tick bites??!! Maybe I can live without going to Ken's rally. Does he have ticks in the fall too? I have deer ticks here, but whilst I've caught them wandering around me, only once has one got up the nerve to try a bite. He failed to pick a place where I wouldn't feel it, and got no time to get attached. No lyme disease around here, though I guess these could carry Rocky Mt. Spotted Fever.
I hate ticks.