It’s tick season!
It’s tick season!
This time of year, we welcome visitors from all around the country to beautiful Jackson Hole. And for those of you from the East Coast, the thought of “tick season” might be truly scary.
The good news: our Barker-Ewing scenic raft trips don’t travel through tick habitat, so we’re extremely unlikely to encounter them on the river. But many folks who float with us will also be hiking or biking in the woods around our valley, and should pay special attention to tick prevention.
My wife, granddaughter, and I are scheduled for our Float Trip on Sunday, August 2nd at noon. I am assuming that we should be at the pick-up area no later than 11:30 AM. If you think that we should be earlier than that, please let me know.
You also mention to pull our socks over our pant legs. Was this an advisory for those going hiking where there would be an opportunity to pick up a tick? We were planning on wearing shorts for the float trip. Please also let me know if this is okay as when I look at your site picture, all of the guests seem to be wearing jeans.
Hi Mr. Drob,
Thank you for commenting on our blog!
You do not need to be at the meeting place as early as 11:30 AM. I would recommend that you plan to be at the Float Trip Meeting area in Moose by 11:45 AM. That should give you ample time to find a parking space and get your personal items organized and be ready to go. We will meet you promptly at 12:00 PM (Noon) on August 2nd. We drive dark green vans (pulling the raft trailers) with white lettering on the sides of the vans saying “Barker-Ewing Float Trips”.
You most certainly can wear shorts on this trip. The pictures on the website were taken earlier in the season when it was cooler (and we’ve had some autumn photos taken for publishing before which, again, were in cooler temperatures). Even the guides often wear shorts during July and August. The basic “rule of thumb” is to wear whatever you find most comfortable. Most people do tend to wear shorts on the noon trip. I, myself, prefer long pants as I am exceedingly fair and I need the sun protection!
The socks over your pants legs comment is not something that you will need to do for the raft trip. It is, however, advisable if you will be doing any hiking in the area, as it will help keep you from getting ticks on your bare skin.
We hope you have a wonderful float on August 2nd!
Cheers,
Ms. Leith Barker
Barker-Ewing Float Trips