Laurel Fork Wilderness Backpack, Monongahela National Forest, WV

Photos by Michael Juskelis, 2007/09/01-03.

Pastoral views along the West Fork / Allegheny Trail.

View along the Laurel River.

Finding beauty in a gas pipeline swath.

Our second night's camp under some majestic Hemlocks.

Saki takes in a pleasant view of Glady Fork during a break.

Paul found this Monkshood (Aconitum uncinatum) buried in the weeds near our second night's camp. This odd shaped flower is in the buttercup family.

We found a large cluster of Great Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) at the Beulah Trailhead. The derivation of its scientific name is that, at one time, it was thought to cure syphilis.

Also see Saki's pictures and trip report.

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