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We visited the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument in sunny weather on July 18, 2002. The landscape varied from rich, deep forests to blasted brown devastation left from the 1980 eruption. It was a perfect time to visit, though, as wildflowers were in bloom everywhere! |
Mount Adams as seen from Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
Entrance sign for Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
Wildflowers, with Mount St. Helens as a backdrop
More wildflowers on the ridge near Mount St. Helens
Walking through those wildflowers
The view at Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
Coldwater Lake in Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
Checking out the view of Coldwater Lake
Checking out the view of Mount St. Helens
Some of the devastation area from the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption
Walking up the overlook trail by the Johnston Ridge Observatory
Mount St. Helens as seen from the Johnston Ridge Observatory trail
Mount St. Helens, without the trail but with a cloud obscuring the top!
Trees snapped by the Mount St. Helens blast in 1980
Another view of trees snapped by the Mount St. Helens blast in 1980
Family at Mount St. Helens overlook
More of the devastation area from the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption
Trees blown down on distant ridges from the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption
Family in front of now-quiet volcano
A view within Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
Smiling because there's no hot lava to jump over
Wildflowers springing up in 1980 blast zone
Two active and one passive hiker/explorer
Smiling in the hopes of finding hot lava to jump over (well, not really -- I think ---)
Looking out over Coldwater Lake
Purple bell wildflower at Coldwater Lake
Two children still looking for frogs
Make that three children still looking for frogs
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