When Ya Gotta Go....

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Well, the boys had Friday off and I toyed with the idea of going to see Mount St. Helens. It poured all day. The forecast for Saturday was also rain. Naturally. However, today was supposed to be a beautiful day. So, what was I to do?

Road trip!! The boys and I headed off to Vancouver, WA on Saturday and had a nice time at the fort. (See yesterday’s entry.) We spent the night in a hotel, and were up at the crack of dawn, thanks to Joshua.

When I turned on the news this morning I saw that Mount St. Helens had already had a steam eruption. I didn’t think we would have much chance of seeing another, but we headed up the mountain anyway. We picked the perfect day to go. It was a beautiful day and the mountain was still letting off steam! I don’t know how long the venting lasted, but we were there from 9:00 until 11:00 and it was still letting off steam! (Update: the steam lasted all day, and it may still be steaming – they can’t tell in the dark.)

The steam cloud was really interesting. I thought it would just rise up like smoke, but it hung in the air. It moved so slowly we had to look through high power binoculars to tell it was moving.