My parents went up to Centralia to the antique stores this week and decided to see Mt St Helens before heading home. They invited us to come along and we accepted. After all the weather was GORGEOUS and the Zack and Andy needed to go there for their WA state history class… Bonus!
We drove up to Seaquest State Park after Kung Fu and then headed up to Johnston Ridge Visitors Center.
We made a few stops at viewpoints on the way, too…
It seemed so strange to have absolutely NO snow on the mountain.
I really want to know how to get to that road!
Mt St Helens from our favorite viewpoint!
The view from the top of Johnston Ridge is amazing!
We also saw some wildlife while we were there.
This was a pretty cool model of the eruption and how far it spread.
This poor old tree was 9 miles from the mountain. It actually did pretty well! (The blast zone was 17 miles!)
Reading the stories of survivors of the blast.
Following the movie, they raise the curtain and you see this!
This is quite the fancy fish cleaning station for a practically deserted lake! Now that my parents have a pass, maybe we should go up there???
Spider Man is scaling that wall! Oh wait, that’s Andy!
checking out the boat ramp
Coldwater Lake did not exist before the eruption.
In only two years the water was clear…
In only 5 years it contained the same life that all lakes contain.
Mt St Helens from the lake.
Me and the boys
We just had to stop on the way down to take a picture of the moon! (It looks like AZ)
Love the way the mist settled in the crater!
The sunset was beautiful!
Castle Lake in the distance. Another lake made by the eruption.
God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with their surging.
Psalm 46:1-3
May the glory of the Lord endure forever;
may the Lord rejoice in His works-
He who looks at the earth, and it trembles,
Who touches the mountains, and they smoke.
I will sing to the Lord all my life;
I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
Psalm 104:31-33
1 comment:
Me and Mt St Helens don't exactly see eye to eye....I was stuck in eastern WA at a Red Cross shelter for 3 days with my high school band. We were returning from the Lilac festival parade, at about Ritzville the sky turned strange, eery, beautiful colors, then suddenly opened up as ash rained down on us-it was a surreal experience for sure. Your pictures are beautiful, makes me want to almost take a tirp own there!!
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