Last summer I took my family on a walk through the woodlands that surround the hamlet of Ebernoe, in Sussex. My children clambered on fallen trees, my partner and I hunted for mushrooms, and all the while we were being hunted by creatures more ancient than the last dinosaurs – and so hungry they would have fed on us for days.
Lyme disease is awful, but preventable. I lived in tick country for much of my life, and went outdoors, camping, and hiking a lot, without a single tick incident. Ticks like long grasses and short brush, the drier the better. They hang out on the flora until a deer or other victim walks through and they hitch a ride (and get a meal). If preparing for an outing in tick country, there’s a number of simple things you can do to prevent being bitten.
And obviously, do not go rolling around/laying in tick infested grasses.
How do I know I’m in tick country?
Government agencies often track this information. Here’s the one for Canada: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/lyme-disease/surveillance-lyme-disease.html
(Don’t know if you’re in Canada, so I’m not sure how useful the link is.)