The trail seemed to go on forever and by noon the temperature had risen above 90 and we had knocked out roughly 12 miles before lunch. We were looking pretty good for the most part but we had on foe that stood in our path...The dreaded Poodle Dog Bush. I know it sounds scary right? Who couldn't hear those words without having fear clench their hearts? So you know in case you haven't heard of the Poodle Dog bush it is a beautiful bush with purple flowers that you want to pick, but if you touch it, it has the same effect as poison ivy. So what did we do for the 2 miles that were littered with this nasty plant? We did the poodle dog ballet as we tried our best to dance around it without falling off the mountain. Oh yeah I forgot to mention that the this was one of the thinnest sections of trail and that with every step you could start a rock slide or just fall off the trail a few thousand
feet before the rocks below caught you. In the good spirit of an adventure we decided not only should we walk on a tightrope, but for an added challenge, lets plant some horrendous plants on the tight rope that we cannot touch.