This blog is meant to chronicle my journey raising skijor dogs, racing, and backcountry travels. I always am learning new things, and working on different skills with my dogs. Some succeed, some don't. I'll record it all in this blog.
It's been hot here. Got me thinking about the months (all hot) I served in Southern Illinois. But when I thought about it a little more, I realized that Massachusetts has So. Ill. thouroughly beaten. Here are just a few of the reasons: Why So Ill is Soo Ill. 1. Chiggers 2. Seed ticks 3. Copperheads 4. Water Moccasins 5. Rattlesnakes 6. Huge biting flies 7. Pitbulls 8. Animal abuse 9. Rednecks 10. 100% humidity and 100 degrees for days at a time Why Mass is not So Ill 1. Chiggers were the bane of my existence. I wrote my entire thesis draft with frequent breaks to itch and otherwise attend to my numerous chigger bites. I found these techniques alleviate, but do not eliminate the burning itch associated with chigger 'bites' (they form tubes from your skin cells and suck out your juices, then die inside of you) a. nail polish- yes, it feels nice and cool for about 30 minutes. Then it's back to itching, only this time you have to chip away the nail polish before you start s...
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