More Mt. St. Helens

More of the trip to Mt. St. Helen's. The view was spectacular once we got to the top and the viewing center. The tree trunks were blown down by the blast, and some up on the mountain you can see where they were blown straight down, and now they are sticking out of the land that has overgrown. The "what to do in the event of ash fall" poster I've dubbed "Panic" because the first line says "do not panic!" Hmm...Let me see...Volcano...Ash Fall...Devastation coming...Do not panic??!! Ha.

The last photo (of the mountain and the valley) shows how much of the landscape was scarred by the eruption.






After we left there, we found a nice quiet Wal-Mart parking lot to cozy up and watch Fourth of July Fireworks. (It was a bit chilly...)