Adventures and Discoveries at Mt. St. Helens

What kind of adventures or discoveries have you had at Mt. St. Helens? Do you have any pictures of Mt. St. Helens that you would like to share?

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Permalink Reply by Kim Jones on September 8, 2011 at 7:13pm

My husband and I re-visited Mt. St. Helens a couple of weeks ago. What an amazing adventure! I am blogging about those adventures. Here's a link to my blog to see the first post.

Adventures at Mt. St. Helens - The Nature Tour

Permalink Reply by Kate Taylor Warren on September 9, 2011 at 4:31am

In July my husband and I were flying south out of Settle to LA. I had the window seat. It was a brilliant, clear morning and I was hoping for a look at Mt Rainier. I had my face to the window watching. Eventually a snowy ridge line appeared. It formed into a horseshoe and I realized I was looking straight down into Mt St Helens! Amazing!! I didn't take the time to fumble for my iPad to snap a picture. It was a rare sight and I didn't want to waste a moment of it. We were flying low enough that the view was perfect. I could see the broken side of the caldera. It looked like a broken bowl with the contents spilling out. I could see Spirit Lake. What a sight! I don't know why the pilot didn't tell us what we were seeing. He pointed out Mt Shasta later. But he missed this one. The only time have visited Mt St Helens was the year after the eruption and the visitor center was in a double wide mobile home miles away.

Permalink Reply by Kim Jones on September 9, 2011 at 11:08am

Wow Kate! What a wonderful experience! When we flew into Portland we didn't get to fly directly over the mountain like that, but we did see it from the air from the distance. What a neat experience! You have a wonderful way with words! (: Love the description.

Did you happen to take any pictures of your visit to Mt. St. Helens the year after it erupted? I'd love to share them on my blog if you have any.

Thanks so much for sharing your experience! Hope you have a wonderful day!

In Christ,

Kim Jones

Permalink Reply by Kate Taylor Warren on September 10, 2011 at 5:56am

Sorry. No pictures from way back then. At least not where I can get to them. There may be one or two, but they would be in storage in the States.

One memory of the eruption--I was teaching at a Christian school in Colorado at the time. We kept monitoring the event on radio or TV. I took my students outside to watch as the first of the ash cloud made its way over the Rockies.

BTW, if you have Google Earth, ask it to take you to Mt St Helens. You'll get the exact same view I had from the airplane. Amazing!

Permalink Reply by Kim Jones on September 10, 2011 at 5:04pm

What a great idea Kate! I'll look up Google Earth.

That must have been cool to see the ash! Neat that your students got to see it too! I think you must be a super teacher! (: Thanks for sharing your story!

Hope you have a fun weekend!

In Christ,

Kim

Permalink Reply by Kim Jones on September 10, 2011 at 5:07pm

Take a virtual hike on the Hummock's Trail at Mt. St. Helens! Hope you will follow along on this adventure as it continues!

Trail Adventures at Mt. St. Helens (Hummocks Trail - Part 1)

Permalink Reply by Kim Jones on September 11, 2011 at 11:00pm

See what it's like to hike through the heart of a volcano!

Mt. St. Helens' Hummocks Trail Adventures Part 2

* Question: What's a hummock? Discover this info & more in this short post.

Permalink Reply by Kim Jones on September 18, 2011 at 4:44pm

Beam me up Scotty! What does Mt. St. Helens have to do with Star Trek? Check out this post to discover the answer.

Mt. St. Helens Hummocks Trail Adventures Part 3

Permalink Reply by Kim Jones on October 11, 2011 at 5:14pm

TWO TREES – like shipwrecks with tales of treasure and tragedy – grabbed our attention along the Hummocks trail near Mt. St. Helens. Discover these trees fascinating true tales at:

A Tale of Two Trees...

Permalink Reply by Matthias Wirsich on March 9, 2012 at 5:28pm

I have no pictures of Mt St Helens . But I live 10km far away from a German vulcano Mt Katzenbuckel ( 650m ). Every time , when I see this vulcano I think about the great flood. In the forestthere are huge rocks , which have been transported to my location by the waters of the great flood. Today I was hiking over the location of huge rocks . It was very exciting for me.

Yours Matthias from Germany

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Permalink Reply by Kim Jones on March 30, 2012 at 11:01pm

Awesome Matthias! Very cool - hopefully not too warm --- living close to a volcano! I would love to see more pictures and hear more about this volcano! Is it currently active? Great picture! Thanks for sharing!

Kim Jones (:

Permalink Reply by Matthias Wirsich on March 31, 2012 at 9:10am

Hallo Kim, we are ready with our new CREATION MUSEUM here in the Southern Germany Heidelberg area region.

Please pray for the opening on 7 th of April . We need more advertisement and people who make advertisment for our project. In this museum we have a screnn with differnt multimediashows about creation vs evolution , pslam 23, ect. , much space also for workshops with children and adults..... many good ideas, but so less interest also under Christians here in Germany. It is very sad ! A Swizz project with a Genesis park in this region has been canceled ! We want to make a small and tiny start with a small museum ,but have much space in the future ! Thank you for prayying !

The vulcano is not hot any more ! We have only 8 degrees Celsius now .

Yours Matthias

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