Poodledog bush

I have not spoken about the poodle brush yet because it has been manageable. Poodle brush is ridiculous, hence its name. You could compare it to one of those poodles that come out of a pet salon with its hair all puffed up and ribbons flowing everywhere. This is supposed to be an animal. Similarily, poodle-brush is supposed to be a plant but it looks a bit prehistoric and out of place amongst the other plants. It looks like the character in a Dr. Seuss book and smells like sativia. Unfortunately if touched it is extemely poisonous, somewhat like poison oak. Unsuspecting, uneducated PCT hikers have merrily walked through it and then unmerrily been admitted to the hospital. We have a lot of poodle brush coming up. Dirty girl came up with a brilliant solution. She's going to buy some long dishwashing gloves and some kind of pruning tool to cut off the leaves that make the path impassable. She wants to be a trail angel.... Let's see how that goes. More to come.