Poison Oak at 3rd upper launch or Waddell?

jrg · Post by **jrg** » Wed May 09, 2012 7:49 am

Lots of poison oak at Gazos but I have not noticed it at Waddell or 3rd. Stay in the middle of the path at Gazos....

Thor29 · Post by **Thor29** » Wed May 09, 2012 10:25 am

The upper launch at 3rd is a big mud flat devoid of vegetation. Don't you need actual plants to get poison oak?

Aloha · Post by **Aloha** » Wed May 09, 2012 10:34 am

Also consider something the inside of your wetsuit may have been in contact with either at home or in the car etc.

I have never noticed any plants that look like they could come in contact with you to give you a rash at either 3rd or Waddell

couzteau · Post by **couzteau** » Wed May 09, 2012 10:42 am

At 3rd I'm was suspecting the bushes near the path when you walk out of the parking lot to the bike path. It's the only place I can image. I don't think PO would like the salt marsh of the the upper launch itself. I would go check, but I'll be in Germany for the next few weeks. Therefore I'm just putting it out there.

Waddell would seem also unlikely to me, because I was parking next to the beach near the entrance end of the parking lot. The only thing I could imagine would be a small PO growing next to one of the big rocks (those that mark the drop off to the beach) where I put my wet suit on to change.

Lastly it may be growing in my backyard where I wash my wetsuit. But it would have to be brand new. I didn't have the chance to check yet.

sloughslut · Post by **sloughslut** » Wed May 09, 2012 9:59 pm

i have got it at Gazos.

peta · Post by **peta** » Wed May 09, 2012 10:51 pm

You sure its PO. What you describe I get actually from Jelly Fish. I am super allergic to those things and in Baja when nonone else is having anything I get these welts, it blisters and itches like hell. Could have been some Jelly Fish around 3rd? Just another possibility

couzteau · Post by **couzteau** » Thu May 10, 2012 1:34 am

peta wrote:You sure its PO. What you describe I get actually from Jelly Fish. I am super allergic to those things and in Baja when nonone else is having anything I get these welts, it blisters and itches like hell. Could have been some Jelly Fish around 3rd? Just another possibility

agreed - that is a possibility.

zgur · Post by **zgur** » Thu May 10, 2012 9:42 am

Poison oak is gods way of telling you to NOT kite @ Gazos

consumer · Post by **consumer** » Thu May 10, 2012 12:56 pm

Lol I got it ALL over my body from trekking through the bushes for a trainer kite I lost. All I had on was board shorts and flip flops. Terrible experience

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