The mountain yellow-legged frog or southern mountain yellow-legged frog is a species of true frog, endemic to California in the United States. It occurs in the mountain ranges of Southern California up to the southern Sierra Nevada. It is a federally listed endangered species.

Turns out this little guy is responsible for a three mile road walk around his habitat, just outside of Wrightwood.

Yes, we finally got out of Wrightwood...after realizing that the package we were waiting for was actually sent (by me) to Tehachapi...sigh.

Poodle-Dog Bush: Eriodictyon parryi, is common in parts of Southern California. Touching it can cause a significant allergic reaction.

Significant allergic reaction!? Here air the rest of the description...

"Touching the plant can cause anything from a mild rash and blistering to severe

respiratory distress. It is a contact dermatitis and can be transmitted in the same way that poison oak is transmitted. For many people, symptoms are worse than a reaction to poison oak. Symptoms generally appear hours or days after touching the plant. All contact should be avoided."

And this from Wikipedia: 

It can raise blisters lasting as long as two weeks. This contact dermatitis is due to prenylated phenolics exuded by hairs (glandular trichomes) of the plant.[2] The principal irritants are derivatives of farnesyl hydroquinone and 3-farnesyl-P-hydroxybenzoic acid. (The same stuff that's in a fire ant bite by the way)

Soooo, we spent the better part of 3 days either hiking roads around this infernal plant, or doing a little limbo twisting type of dance to avoid it on the trail. You can smell it coming (a little like pot). This made for some long, tedious days. O yeah, ther was poison oak also.