Yeah, the trail that loops around the northern pond was almost choked off with brush and a LOT of poison oak. I tried coming in from both sides and got about 40% in from north and again from south.
Not tempting fate ever again. Apparently every time you get it, you become more sensitive to the urushiol oil and you get a worse case. I remember it was EXCRUCIATING!
God’s biggest mistakes: mosquitoes and poison oak. Why?
I think you can get attenuation shots for it now. I got sensitized and didn’t realize it hunting for gold up on the Stanislaus and subsequently immersed myself in it sampling soil over on the east side of Sebastopol at the bridge just out of town. Took about a day for it to really kick in but I was polluted with the s***!
I keep a bunch of technu around now. It’s persistent too though. I’ll handle a tool that had it, or spread it off my shoes to spots sometimes. Wipe tools down with gas, diesel or kerosene and it’ll be off...