Bash The Rash

May 1 2006, my husband and I set out on our first geocaching trip for the year. Being veterans of our sport, we did not anticipate encountering poison ivy on this day. Boy, were we wrong!!

Geocaching is a type of treasure hunting sport, to put it briefly. It usually consist of long hours in the deepest of woods and thicket.
Today's trip lasted approx. 3 hours.

While searching for our "treasure", I can't recall seeing any poison ivy. But we must have been in an area where the ivy was very dense, because we have never had a rash this widespread before.

Upon getting home, we did our normal routine. Stripped down immediately and washed our clothes and took a shower. Hours later it had become apparent we had made a serious mistake. Our rashes took nearly a week to fully heal and left a few scars. Eww!!