Banning State Park

[Wish-I-Were-Fishn]

What is Banning like? Got invited to go stay at the camper cabin this weekend, but I've heard there are a lot of ticks up there.

Anything for kids to do there?

[JBMasterAngler]

Was there this past weekend, and yes, the ticks are terrible! A 5 minute walk along the river resulted in about 50 ticks crawling on my legs There's a park with some facilities on the river just outside of sandstone. Water was really high, and fishing was uneventful.

[Wish-I-Were-Fishn]

Doesn't sound like the place to bring a 3 and 5 year old to me.

[solbes]

Just so you know, ticks seem to be rampant just about everywhere right now. We've got 'em up north near walker and we've got 'em at home in Ramsey/Anoka. We need some hot dry weather and they will die back.

[OnAFly]

They were bad a couple weeks ago too. This hot dry week might slow them a little bit. Use spray on your clothes and you'll be ok.

[Wish-I-Were-Fishn]

What spray keeps the ticks off?

[OnAFly]

Anything with DEET is supposed to. I think Gander carries a %40 spray. I try not to use it directly on my skin, but I don't hesitate to spray the bill of my cap and my pants down pretty good.

[JBMasterAngler]

Even if your wearing pants it's still a good idea to rub bug lotion onto your skin underneath, then spray on your pants legs. Can never have enough bug juice