With Willow at Bear Brook with map & compass. Fine day, T to almost 70F. Worked in am, came home & got over to BB before nap time came to pass. Used walking stick in left hand and map & compass in right hand, thumb compass-like - which I never gravitated to in past. Started on a small path, covered by brush from the entrance to 50m in, then it faded and at same time an unmapped map ran by in front of me for a test. Used 3 close boulders and the X and got away from confusion. Spent an hour off trail, a lot of waist high vegetation. 3 ticks, 3 weeks. Today was brush immersion. One really must check. I do take 3 antibiotics daily though none is a doc for lyme prophylaxis.
Bear Brook marsh