It's a volcano. It was such a majestic mountain and then with incredible force, but lots of warning, the side blew out of it. I could watch the video and listen to the explanation of it over and over again.
It was a lush forest that was pushed over instantly; well, the trees that weren't burned up.
Those skeletal remains leave a vivid reminder of what happened here. After 20 years, the vegetation is just beginning to return. I think she reminds me of how little we really know, but at the same time how much we have learned. God put it all together in a logical, rational way. There is truth to be learned in science...it just takes us a while. It also reminds me of brute power. The kind man seeks to obtain, but in nature He already put it there. Maybe that's why I like coming here.
If you older than 30 years old, you've figured it out. Mt. St. Helens. It is a bit of a trick question because she's not in Oregon...she's in Washington. The drive wasn't too bad and it was well worth it. We all were drawn to take pictures of her. Christopher took this one of Keith. I just love it.
The lens is almost as big as he is. My little budding photographer.
We did manage to get one photo with all of us in it.
By this point, James was really feeling bad. He was such a trooper to keep walking and looking. He got a long nap when we left here.
Probably should apologize for so many pictures. I just love looking at them. Seeing how she blew out the side. Imagining the huge amount of hot pyroclastic material flying out of there. Vaporizing the snow and the trees for that matter and then the vast mudflows that followed.
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