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I'm a bit embarrassed to tell you that it was poison ivy after all. The reason I ruled it out was because I had been hiking through some bush with two friends and neither of them were affected. That, plus the fact that the rash was only on the areas covered by my shorts and socks.

Doing some research, I found out that symptoms can appear from hours to days after contact. It dawned on me when and where this might have happened. During a gravel tour on a very hot day, my friend and I found an inviting river to swim in. We stripped down at the bank and I must have placed my shorts and socks on some poison ivy.

Lesson learned - be careful where you skinny dip!

Thanks for all the advice and sorry for the false alarm. Glad I can wear latex since I did order a brand new pair of bib shorts.