Oh! What A Beautiful Day!

We left our lovely campground at 6 AM for Castle Rock, WA to meet up with Karen, my daughter, who was going to be our chauffeur and tour guide today. The day started out very foggy in areas. Lucky for us, it was too early for the tourists! We caught very few glimpses of the Pacific Ocean today. When we got to Astoria, OR most of the fog had lifted and we should have shout: "Good Morning, Miss Merry Sunshine!" We arrived at the Mt. St. Helen's RV Park ahead of Karen, giving us the opportunity to empty holding tanks, and Joan was able to get one washer load of soiled clothes taken care of. We could not have asked for a better day! Temperature was in the low 80's and NO HUMIDITY! This is another place of "things to see" in one's lifetime.

Mt. St. Helen's, Washington

We started our 45 mile journey up the mountain. Up and up we went, switching back at times. It was such a gorgeous day! We sat through the movie about the eruption of the mountain in 1980, toured the Visitor's Center which included watching an actual seismograph of the current activity occurring in the volcano, a 3-D display depicting the eruption and seeing the magnificent Volcano. The Johnson Observatory is approximately 5 miles from the crater. The picture above was taken at one of the view points along the road leading up to the Observatory.

Coldwater Lake

We stopped at one of the lakes that occurred as a result of the eruption. This one offered a boat ramp and fishing. We were disappointed that we didn't see any elk.

We are back at our campsites after dinner in a nearby restaurant. Amye is doing her laundry. I'll wait until morning. She said it was crowded in there. I'm headed out to visit with the TTT's.

We may not have wi-fi tomorrow night. Sure hope so!

The TTT's have had a good day!