Woodcutting tales

Brett · Oct 19, 2016

Oldman47 said: ↑

The poison ivy story reminded me of a fishing story, not wood cutting. I was out on a large lake fishing, with my teenage son and his friend, from a canoe. Yeh, I know but I like a canoe for fishing. We pulled into a small cove inside the marina and the boys decided they wanted to fish from the shore line. I let them out and they walked up and down along that shore casting out into the water and competing with each other on who could best hit a target area with a cast. The fishing was OK, not great, but the kids were having a blast. When they were ready to leave we got them back into the canoe and paddled over to load back onto the car and head home. The next day the world came to an end. I do not react to poison ivy and it seems that my son doesn't either, but the kid we had along is one of those who is very sensitive to it. He was a solid rash from head to foot. I did not know how to identify poison ivy at the time but the kids had been wading through some totally ignorant of what they were getting into.
I actually learned what poison ivy looks like years later when I was out in my woodlot walking around and my wife informed me that no way would she be following me. It seems I was waist deep in the stuff and just not aware of it. I did take note of what it looks like so now I can spot it if I stop to think about it.
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You are most fortunate not to react to the ivy. Feel sorry for the kid that did.

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Woodcutting tales

Brett