Hello Blog World. Happy July 5th (yep, this is a late blog entry). Anyway, you might recognize my location as Mt. St. Helens.
If you were alive back in the day like my roommates you might have known St. Helens as looking like this (until May 18th 1980).
The visitors center isn't open today (but the gift shop is...go figure).
I met a famous stuffy inside the center.
He didn't really have a lot of time to talk, he was off to help prevent human caused wildfires.
The wildflowers are putting on a show today.
My goal is Harry's Ridge.
Harry's Ridge is named after Harry Truman (not the former president a local legend and owner/propietor of St. Helens Lodge. Harry made a name for himself when he didn't want to evacuathis lodge on Spirit Lake when they knew the volcano was going to erupt.
As we drove up to the starting point we actually were above the clouds.
You can see the clouds in the background if you look closely.
Yeah! I made it to Harry's Ridge. You can see Spirit Lake in the background along with Mt. Adams.
Spirit Lake looked different before the eruption, there were many camps along the shores and a host of resorts and lodges. After the eruption it blasted debris to the old spirit lake and swept debris and water to an alternate location.
One last look at St. Helens and a small section of Spirit Lake before I head back to town. Rumor has it that there is a possibility for some ice cream on the way back home.
Keeping paws crossed. Till next time.
LF
On May 18, 1980 Mt. St. Helens erupted and
Ooohhh... yes, cool place to visit! Mama knows someone who was there and drove like snot to escape!! https://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/science/surviving-mount-st-helens-terrifying-but-exciting/article980342/
ReplyDeleteThat's a cool article. As I read, most of the adh went south and east. The human remembers cleaning up lots of the ash around the neighborhood and house. When human worked in Eastern Washington, everyone had a mt st helens story.
DeleteDid Mama know David Johnston? Apparently his body still hasn't been found but the USGD found his trailer (or remnants of it) in the early 90s.
DeleteNope, but Hickson new him and I've heard of his story.
DeleteOMG You met Smokey!! Did you get a paw-to-graph?...
ReplyDeleteI wish, he's been pretty busy this summer and didn't have much time to chat.
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