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Mount Saint Helens blew its top on May 12, 1980. It created the largest landslide in recorded history. It became a National Volcanic Monument in 1982 in order to preserve the area for research, education, and recreation. Most of the area has remained untouched. Spirit Lake still has a massive amount of dead trees floating around it. We were here in 1989. From what I remember, it looks a lot different today. Life is slowly reclaiming the landscape.
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From the highway leading to Windy Ridge on the east side of the mountain.
See the logs? You can also see a peak in the background. I can’t remember which one it is. I’m going with Mt. Adams.
We ate supper here. Gourmet burger place. Since we almost hit an elk earlier in the day, I had an elk burger. It was good. They have cobbler for dessert. I was too stuffed, but I managed some ice cream.
Spirit Lake. You can see the pile of logs. It doesn’t stay in the same spot...it moves around the lake.
From Windy Ridge. It’s a fair number of steps to get up here.
Freda....and Bill in the background.
I got to drop my car off and sit in the back. Where exactly are we going? I don’t know. I did get a little carsick.
From Johnston Ridge Observatory. It’s a LONG drive to the other side of the mountain, and the GPS has NO CLUE how to get here. None!
Still happy. Freda contemplating a climb to the top in 2012.
The next morning just outside Yakima, WA. I think this is Hood and the one below is Rainier, but I’m probably wrong. 2 big mountains though.
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