Well, we went out on our first "shakedown" trip with our new rig... spent an entire week at another Fabulous Florida State Park... found a few things that needed fixin' in the rig... bad television set, finicky door, learning how to tow our car... and it all wen't really well overall.  The WORST part of the trip was when Vincent came to me and said, "Honey, take a look at the back of my leg... what is that?" and there it was. 

THE ONLY THING IN NATURE THAT FREAKS ME OUT BIG TIME...

a tick, embedded in his leg, behind his knee.  Ewwwwie.  I told him what it was, and proceeded to give my best Florence Nightingale act... but it make me shiver every time I tried to remove the little guy.  I casually asked how long he thought it was there for.... "Oh, since early last night". 

LAST NIGHT???

YOU MEAN IT SLEPT WITH US

 IN BED?!?  YUK! 

I got the whole thing out in one piece.... and I Never want to go through that again.  It was a peaceful, serene and beautiful setting, though. 

Next weekend, we're taking Hippie on a work kamping episode to the Palms and Pines in Punta Gorda for Easter Weekend.  It's a long weekend for us, and P.G. is really close by.... so, we figured, make Hippie earn that Easter Basket! 

My Comments From: colorado April 1, 2007, 10:19 pm Ticks??  Yuk!!  And we're in Florida now - heading to the Keys from Ft. Meyers tomorrow morning.  I had forgotten all about ticks - THANKS FOR THE WARNING!! Bev From: Beerlifter April 1, 2007, 7:59 am I know how you feel about Ticks. My Lab and I spend alot of time in the woods hunting and hiking and we have run across our fair share of those blood sucking critters. I still shudder at the thought of pulling one out! Not to make matters worse but my father once had one that wasn't totally removed and had to go have the head cut out at the Dr.'s office. That might be why I hate the free loaders myself!! From: Anne_Pierson March 31, 2007, 11:46 pm Hi guys!  Well, it coulda been worse!  At least RALF didn't show up with his atomic death blaster, trying to remove that tick!    Can't WAIT to see the pictures you guys come  up with this time :) Anne