On the Luckiest day of the century, the 7th year, the 7th month, the 7th day, we went to show off Washington's most famous Mountain, Mt St Helens, to my cousin, who was visiting from Florida. It had been almost a year since I've been there… the longest stretch since I moved back up this … Continue reading A visit to Mt St Helens →

It had been a while, so one morning, when the skies seemed like they would be nice the next morning, I took a drive down to Mt St Helens, to see if I could take in a sunrise.  I left an hour later than I had wanted to because I forgot to set my alarm, … Continue reading A Mt St Helens Morning →

On the way back from a trip to help out at the Portland Marathon, we decided to take a detour and head out The Mountain.  Since I had never been to Windy Ridge, we decided to go that way. I've been to Mt St Helens MANY times, but I've always gone "the other" way, to … Continue reading A Drive to Mt St Helens – the “back way” →