I'm still taking ticks and clicks for Southern, Central and Northern CA none too big but still, I can't believe they haven't shown up yet.

Fire, the inner fire, is the most potent of all force, for it overcometh all things and penetrates to all things of the Earth. Man supports himself only on that which resists. So Earth must resist man else he existeth not.
*from the Key of Wisdom - The Emerald Tablets