Local Trail Encounter

[solobiker]

I was on a hike at a local favorite in Boulder and when I was hiking back down from the summit there was a women smack dab in the middle of the trail in mid-squat peeing away. I had to laugh...this trail is heavily traveled..I am sure she got her socks wet becasue she turned and tried to walk quickly away with her pants down.

There used to also be this on guy that DH and I would see frequently in the foothills who would always be jogging or hiking with a backpack and wearing a black spedo. We have not seen him for a few years which I am not complaining about.

[jessmarimba]

I'm glad the speedo guy is gone, too!

I was driving back from the airport with my SO and we came around a turn in his neighborhood and saw two guys holding 3 bikes while a woman behind them was squatting beside the road. He and I were cracking up - we both know better than to go further into those woods with all of that poison ivy!

I used to work in archaeology, and we usually figured the middle of the woods (no trails) was pretty safe if the coworkers weren't around...Til the rangers told us that our site was a panther habitat and the motion detector cameras had gotten a shot or two of our crew using the bushes.

[solobiker]

Oh yeah...I almost forgot, I was walking across the parking lot at 330pm..not 330am to go to the grocery store and I saw this guy standing next to his car then open his door as if he was going to get in. Well, he did not get in. I saw him reach in front of himself and kind of shift around then begin to pee I don't live in a bad or rough area. I could not believe it. After I was done shopping I was talking with the cashier and mentioned to her in a light hearted way and she started to appologize and told me she would have someone go right out and wash it off. I laughed to myself. Can you imagine trying to find a pee puddle in a parking lot.

[Aggie_Ama]

It amazes me how many people I hear mountain biking that don't know what poison ivy looks like. I can only imagine there are a lot of accidental infections. When I got active I learned what poisonous snakes, poison ivy and poison oak looked like.

[crazycanuck]

I've no idea what poison ivy looks like..

[OakLeaf]

Do you have poison ivy there? I actually saw poison ivy on display at the botanical gardens in Valencia, Spain. Guess they don't have any native there! Big sign not to touch it.

I'll bet you know what all your local poisonous snakes and spiders look like, don't you?

My DH refuses to learn what poison ivy looks like no matter how many times I keep him from stepping in it. But he's not much of an outdoors person. I'll bet the first time he gets poison ivy, he'll learn!

[Aggie_Ama]

I couldn't find that poison ivy grows in your neck of the woods. I don't know what poison sumac looks like in nature because we don't have it. Poison ivy is really bad here so they actually point it out at a weekly ride I do. I meant I am amazed at the number of people I ride with here that know poison ivy is bad here but don't know how to identify it. They will take a break standing in a patch! And yes, I will point it out if I see it.

Here's a little drawing of the leaves. You can find lots of pictures in Google Images if you are concerned, I found I only learned once I saw it enough. Oh and I still don't know all our poisonous spiders, I learned the snakes so I wouldn't panic every time I see one. I hate snakes so I had to learn that some are okay.