Judy and Erling were at Bemidji State Park today. We hiked the Bog Trail. It is a pretty unique look at a bog. A bog is an environment where peat builds up making a watery area fairly acidic. This prevents things from biodegrading - meaning fossils can be well preserved for a long time. It also limits what type of plants can grow. We saw many plants we had not seen before. One of the unique plants was a Lady Slipper. I attached a photo of one to this post. We also saw a tamarack tree which has incredibly soft needles.
As part of our hike, we also learned the origin of the term 'get bogged down' since a peat bog is a bit hard to hike through. Fortunately, the state park has a nice wooden dock through the trail so we didn't get stuck.
More pictures of our bog walk can be found on a Picassa gallery. Click on the image to access the gallery.
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