[pct-l] technu and Poison Oak

[Trekker4 at aol.com]

I've printed and kept the two emails about help in July. I'll stay an extra  
day and help, if needed, when I hike through in July (starting at Donner  Pass 
abt 1 July); I just can't give you an exact date.
 
Bob  "Trekker"
Big Bend Desert Denizen
Naturalized Citizen - Republic of  Texas

Government cripples you, then hands you a crutch and says, 'See, if  it 
wasn't for us, you couldn't walk.' 
-- Harry Browne

"If you think  health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs 
when its free."  
-- P. J. ORourke



In a message dated 3/11/2008 12:31:43 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
bobbnweav at gmail.com writes:

Expect  to find Poison Oak both before and after Beldon and North of
Burney Falls  St. Park til you hit 4000' elevation.  Poison Oak is why
we live at  4500'.  I get it super bad.  Technu would be my treatment
of  choice if I came into contact with it...tho a good scrubbing with
Fels  Naptha soap had helped in the past (pre-Technu).  I do believe it
cuts  thru the P.O. oil and forms a barrier.  At least it used to  for
me...does P.O. oil behave like bacteria and form an  immunity?
FireFly
P.S.  Update on Andrea's kind request for summer  help here at the
Heitman's.  Dennis is now on Dilantin in an attempt  to stem the
seizures he's suffered lately.  That greatly helps the  emotional
strain we've both been feeling.  Help, however...with  cooking,
especially through the arrival of the herd, mid to late July? is  still
a need.  I still can't get a knee surgery date (beyond 'some  time in
April', according to the surgeon's staff) and the longer I have  to
wait, the more gimpy I'm likely to be when hikers come thru.   Does
anyone have a few free days they could spare in a really nice part  of
Shasta County?
We've tents to sleep in, a mountain or two to climb,  volcanic activity
to explore, Burney Falls near by, and some free time  between breakfast
and dinner to go see and do things in.  Wouldn't be  all work and no
play.  Hat Creek is known as a challenging trout  stream and we have a
smoker...smoked trout is wonderful!  Hammocks and  a hot tub....guitar
and  keyboard.....
Thanks.....
F.
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