[pct-l] Section O California

[Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com]

I agree Section O gets a bad rap. I enjoyed it. I felt like a Hobbit  
in there. I really enjoyed that part where you are hiking on a  
manzanita slope and the slope just plunges away to the left (was that  
Grizzly Peak?). In the smoke of 08 it looked really dramatic. I loved  
the fresh spring water I found in that section. I loved the forest  
and was happiest there.

 From what I can tell, most people who were all paranoid of the  
poison oak were mistaking squaw bush for poison oak. There is a lot  
of poison oak, but there is also a lot of squaw bush. So people were  
afraid of at least twice as much stuff as they needed to be.

Cuddles dared me to prove it was squaw bush and rub a piece on my  
face. As soon as I found another patch of it to run my face with, I  
turned and he was no longer behind me. I waited but he didn't turn  
up. I rubbed it on my face. Never got a rash. Sorry nobody was there  
to see the proof.

Diane

Books I've written:
~ Piper's Flight
~ Adventure and Magic
~ Santa Barbara Hikes