Cranberry Bog

     A few hours in the woods with a tour guide to see the bog and my mind was blown.  First off we were trekking through land that was going back about 10, 000 years when some glacier did it's thing.  We were viewing flora and fauna that would normally be seen in Canada...because...get this...the conditions are the same.  It is such a unique space that it has been studied by scientists from all over.  Then we found out some little details about how peanuts are carcinogenic, honey can be unsafe and the teaberry leaves are quite toxic.   Back to the bog...it has pitcher plants, cranberries and all sorts of lichen, moss and fern.  Crazy looking plants that you just don't see in the everyday world.  As we meandered through the bog on a floating boardwalk we were taught about so many things.  I couldn't get past the idea that the sphagnum moss and various layers of the bog go down something like 40 feet.  I kept trying to wrap my head around so many concepts.  We felt the temperature drop as we made our way in but that wasn't the only thing that made us feel like we were in some other world.  It was truly a unique feeling traveling through the woods and into the belly of the bog.  Oh and when you add an awesome tour guide (professor of botany), cranberry snacks, a couple of friends and a free reservation...it made it all the better!