Limitations

Today’s Bloganuary prompt: Name an attraction or town close to home that you still haven’t got around to visiting.

As you might have deduced if you saw my post yesterday, I’m an indoors sort of gal. I don’t go much for the big outdoors, at least, hiking in it. Which is too bad in some ways, because the area around me has many beautiful hiking trails.

I don’t mind walking. When I lived in Minnesota, I used to walk around some local lakes on a regular basis. But a dirt trail where the path is uneven, perhaps narrow, and full of ticks? No way.

I confess, it’s the tick thing that really keeps me away. There a millions of them around here, and I have several friends who suffer from the consequences of a tick bite. There’s one disease (I can’t think of the name of it now) that makes you allergic to mammal meat. You can eat poultry and fish, but no beef, pork, and the like.

One of my friends also has celiac disease, which requires a gluten-free diet. And the tick disease is so strong in her she can’t have any dairy products. Which makes me grateful, very grateful, for my health and the very few dietary restrictions I have. For whatever reason, I can’t eat mushrooms or white chocolate. Both make me very ill. However, those are easy foods to work around.

By the way, possums eat ticks. Heavy volumes of them.

So I don’t want to limit myself anymore because of a tick. I’ll get my walking in. It just won’t be on the scenic trails around me.

Image Credit: Hiking trail © Gajus–stock.adobe.com, Possum © geoffkuchera–stock.adobe.come

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