The Great Poison Ivy Debacle of 2006

This plant has become the bane of my existence!



I enjoy digging mineral specimens in the beautiful North Carolina mountains. Mountains are made of rocks, but they're also made of soil, plants...and plant roots...and one of those roots is poison ivy!



This is what I brought back from the collecting site...



Oh, by the way, here is one of the mineral specimens that I found. I paid dearly for that one!