>>1727964Arizona has extremely few ticks. I've been camping, hiking, and backpacking in my state for 20 years and I've only seen one tick in all my time. They exist, yes, but you usually only see them in urban areas on stray animals.
Compare that to the midwest, where during a month-long bicycle trip I literally could not sit down on the side of the road to take a break because there were so many ticks.
