Wednesday, June 1, 2011

152/365: Finally!!

Mt. St. Helens

From the time we started this project, I wanted to put in a photo of Mt. St. Helens which is very close to where I live.  When Rose and Scribbles visited it rained the whole time and they never got to see it.  One must have an absolute clear day to get a photo from about 40 miles away.

This isn't the best representation, but the best I could get a few days ago when it was clear.

Battleground, WA 


  1. Wow! Look at that...snow? It's so pure...looks like a pile of sugar.

  2. Hey Ro Ro. Indeed, until late summer the mountain will retain much of its snow, even if we are broiling down in the valley.

    The good thing is that the volcano is now rated "inactive". It blew its top May 18, 1980, so it is still flat on the top from this side. The other side is blown out.

    Here is a link for information about the eruption.

    Glad you find it "sweet".


  3. Were you there when it blew?

    Cool view of the mountain though.
    Great picture.


  4. Thanks Calma, I wasn't. I didn't move here until '01, but my brother was already living here when it happened.

    He said that Vancouver was West of the prevailing winds, so they didn't get much more than a dusting of fallout. Vanadarlin' was in Yakima and got pretty blasted by it.

    I do remember, it certainly made the national news.

    Is Mt. Ranier considered inactive at this time?


  5. Love the picture of that mountain. Yes I lived through midnight at noon in the Yakima valley since we were in the direct path of the ash cloud that day. It was so frightening because the experts did not know how it would affect any of us. They kept telling us that the ash would have tiny particles of glass in it and it could kill if you breathed it in. But no one had any way of stopping it from getting in your lungs if you were caught out in it. Thank heavens it was not as they expected. It did not make breathing easy but it was only like breathing in smoke somewhat and is smelled of burnt wood and rock. We all survived and it was the worlds best fertilizer for gardens and crops that year.