Poison Ivy
Outdoors • May 15, 2008

If you've ever dealt with poison ivy, you know it can be a pain to get rid of. After I moved out to the Hill Country, I "discovered" poison ivy by accident while cleaning up leaves and brush in my yard. I didn't even know I had touched it until a couple of days later when my arms and chest developed a pretty bad rash. This was from scooping up leaves (and poison ivy apparently) into the wheel barrel with short sleeves on. In New Mexico, where I'm originally from, I never experienced poison ivy so I wasn't all that familiar with it.

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Hamilton Pool Nature Preserve
Outdoors • March 29, 2008

I've lived only 15 minutes from Hamilton Pool for over 5 years now and I just made it out there for the first time.

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