My favorite hobby is hiking and living in PA means lots of ticks. So much so that during the warm months I avoid certain trails where there is a very good possibility of picking up ticks. I never got Lyme disease but have friends that have and it can be very rough. One guy was in a wheelchair for months and had to learn to walk again. My wife thinks I'm paranoid, but I think there is good reason.
While in SD, I asked a number of people about the tick situation and got slightly varied answers. So my question for those to spend a lot of time outdoors, is there a tick problem in the Black Hills area?