I once had about 40 chigger bites and was told that fingernail polish would smother them. I didn't have clear so I looked a sight in red. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> I was told that they dig into your skin and live for a few days. So I got online and discovered what they really do. Chiggers are a form of mite. They try to find an area on your body that the skin is thin. Like around your ankles, waist etc. They excrete a fluid that dissolves skin cells and then they suck up the mixture kinda like a fly. After 24 hours the bite site starts to itch. If you get a noticable chigger bite, think of where you were the previous day. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> Use plenty of repellant on you and your cloths.
Now as far as Colorado vs Maryland I can't tell you much about either. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> But I did have a job and one week they told me they were sending me to Michagan. So I started planning how I was gonna spend my free time. I thought I would camp and flyfish the Ausable. Well, the next week I was told that I would be heading to the middle of Florida. The F-in Company had to many partners and little communication. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> I was being pulled back and forth. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> When I became vocal and told them to make up their F-in mind, had it out with the owner. I made up their mind for them. I'm back in business for myself. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> My point. Unless you know for sure your going to a certain place? plans can change.

Good luck and have fun where ever you end up. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />