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[SadieKate]

Where exactly were you? Phil's Trail itself has no water. Therefore, no mosquitoes or poison ivy.

Tell me more about where you think you were. Where did you start? Finish? Scenery?

People frequently mistake the "Phil's Trail Complex" with Phil's Trail itself. Sort of like Zen pointing out the difference between Appalachia and the Appalachian Trail.

The damp sections of the Deschutes River Trail could have some poison ivy. Poison oak isn't impossible at low elevations but people around here generally treat it as non-existent.