Local Trail Encounter

[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.

[Crankin]

I am not quite sure about poison ivy... but since we have tons of it around here, I assume all of those 3 leafed plants are it.
When I first moved here, DS #2 got a terrible rash after about a month. I rushed him to the pediatrician, as no OTC things had helped and he was in agony. She was quite incredulous that I didn't know this was poison ivy. I had to explain it was not exactly common in the desert.
I played in the woods constantly as a kid and never have had it. I suspect i might be immune to it, as DH has had it many times from working on our landscaping in the past couple of years, and I have had nothing.

[OakLeaf]

I had horrible poison ivy on both wrists, oh, four years ago I guess. It was right when I went to the retreat where I rediscovered cycling.

I think what it was, I was clearing multiflora rose and poison ivy that were growing all together. The rose thorns must've broken the skin and gotten poison ivy underneath. I don't know how else I could've just continued to break out in new blisters under the blisters I already had.

I've had little spots of PI since then, but nothing like that. Yikes, it itches even thinking about it.

[crazycanuck]

Oak..yes on the snakes & spiders. Dugites, Tiger Snakes, King Browns...Red Backs, White Tails..

I've only seen a few snakes on my rides & let's just say I become alberto contator all of a sudden...

We're heading into the oo so lovely time of year called " magpie mating season"