This section of Southern California has been quite challenging to say the least. First we have a detour for a native toad. That cost us a 8 mile road walk, and then nearly a thirty mile walk on gleason canyon road because of poodle dog bush. Poodle dog bush is everywhere. Apparently it is much worse that poison oak or poison ivy. It could send you home. The plant looks like a palm tree that can get as tall as five feet or so. It has a punjant sweet scent. The locals here say they have never seen it before. It has taken over a huge ammount of land where all the fires burned two years ago. Apparently it gets choked out by other plants as the ecosystem returns to normal. There's been a lot of burns here in SoCal in the last years. Walking through the burned areas is sad mostly, but there's still some beauty within the destruction.
Next section....The desert for two weeks and then the much anticipated Sierra!
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