Mountain Laurel / by Dave Hileman

In West Virginia’s eastern mountains there is a bog called Cranberry Glades. Cranberry Glades are a cluster of five small, boreal-type bogs in southwestern Pocahontas County, West Virginia, that Dennis and I explored along with two other state parks and several small towns over the last three days. This area, high in the Allegheny Mountains at about 3,400 feet is also the start of the Cranberry River. It was raining when we were walking the boardwalk trail so we did not spend too much time but this Mountain Laurel caught my attention with the rain drops along the edge. Worth getting a bit wet.