Our grandsons are homeschooling for the first time this year (2nd & 6th grade) so when we decided to attend a St. Louis Cardinals game, we planned a couple National Parks along the way for some History lessons. The Park Attendant that was working the front desk was so friendly and explained a lot of history about Wilson’s Creek to us. We enjoyed the park film and the museum at the Visitor’s Center. They have a very large firearms collection that was interesting to look at. We walked up to the Ray House and also a few of the hikes: The Fort Smith Battery, Price’s Headquarters and we ended very abruptly after hiking the East Overlook. When we got to our car after East Overlook, we noticed we had 100’s of ticks on us. We spent the next hour trying to get all of them off of our shoes, socks and clothes. We did not make any more stops until we got back to the Visitor Center. Once inside, we explained to the Park Ranger about the ticks and she informed us that she always lets people know they have had an increase in ticks and chiggers this year and has Off that people can use before starting the hikes. Very disappointed that the first guy we spoke to did not mention this to us as we had explained we were heading out to the hikes so we could complete the Junior Ranger books and receive our badge… My daughter had a few chigger bites along with ticks and our grandsons were eat up with chigger bites… We were still pulling ticks off several hours later. The battlefield itself and park are very nice, with lots of history!! Just make sure you have plenty of Off with Deet before going on the hiking trails!!!