i woke up rather late, 06:30, and after packing up my stuff and being served freshly made pancakes by cartwheel, which still blows my mind, i hit the burkhart trail back up to the pct. below is a pic of the 400 mile maker made by a creative hiker . . .
the next 3 miles were uneventful as i crossed highway 2 several times, but then as i approached the final time i would cross highway 2 at three points, i smelled it . . . the telltale odor . . . a cross between marijuana and beer . . . poodle dog brush . . . ahhhhhhhhh! it has been the talk the entire trail. it is this plant that smells and even kind of looks a lot like marijuana, but packs a nasty bite. upon contact with one's skin it causes an allergic reaction resulting in an itchy, red rash that can spread, very similar to poison oak or ivy. even though i did smell the poodle dog brush it was not close to the trail . . . until mile 410, that is . . . see the pic below . . .
that narrow sandy trail is the pct and all of those bushes are poodle dog . . . i felt like i was in m. night shyamalan's "the happening" as i weaved my way thru the poodle dog brush mine field. this continued until approximately mile 413 where i started a 6 mile dirt road walk due to a major forest fire that wiped out many miles of the pct. so i got a reprieve from the poodle dog brush for a while, but let's be honest, road walks are just no fun. after the mill creek fire ranger station, it was back to poodle dog brush dodging for the next 8 miles until i decided to camp next to a jeep road at mile 427 for the night.
34 miles from buckhorn camp ground to some random jeep road. 427 miles total.
- tribhu (tree-boo)
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