John: Low mileage day today... only drove 148 miles. We stopped in Vancouver, Washington at an RV place to check out the “lean” in the truck... Most likely cause by all the weight in the roof carrier on that side. Guy said it was still safe & shouldn't be any problem. Our main attraction today was Mount Saint Helens. The weather was cloudy... Like major fog when we were leaving. You couldn’t see more than 20 feet ahead of you. The narrow twisty road (with no guard rails) was pretty spooky. Had to drive very slow (in 1st gear) cause you just couldn’t see where you were going. Lucky for us, it wasn’t that bad when we first got there, although we didn’t have a clear view of the volcano. The devastation was unbelievable (even after seeing it!!), it’s hard to imagine the force that came out of that volcano. You can’t believe what you see! The literature states the initial blast blew over or left standing dead 230 square miles of what used to be deep dark forest. At “miner’s car” which is 8 1/2 miles away, the blast reached there in less than a minute. We got to view Spirit Lake and there’s still hundreds of thousands of huge trees still floating at the end of the lake. The destruction was so awesome! We left Mt. St. Helens Mountain to Iron Creek only a few miles away. The spot is real nice. It’s got huge trees (150-200 ft tall) all around. It started raining right after I BBQ’d hamburgers & it’s still raining. There’s a lot of great camp spots here.
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Kari says: the trees left standing on Mt. St. Helens are skeleton trees. Kari found a 6 in long slug. She had a lot of trouble washing the slime off her hands.
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| Susan, Joe, Helen & Kari the morning we left Portland. |
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| Skeleton Trees |
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| Logs In Lake |
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| Logs in lake & felled trees on hillside. |
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| Miner's Car |
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| Kari & Susan in front of the destruction. |
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| Susan, Karen & Kari in front of the truck & camper. |
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| Kari & Susan on large tree stump. |
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| Kari & her Slug. |
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