Total Miles Traveled:6593
Wednesday we traveled from Stewart State Park to Mt. St. Helens Rv Park in Castle Creek, WA. Thursday we drove out to Mt. St. Hellens. On the way there, we drove up the Toutle River Valley. This area was buried under an average 100 ft of ash from the 1980 eruption. There was an abundance of spring flowers in bloom. Both the State and National Visitor centers were very informative, as was the Mt. St. Helens Creation Museum. There was an excellent film at the Johnson Ridge Observatory. We were impressed by the many different geologic formations (such as layered sedimentation, deep canyons, and petrification) that the 1980 Mt. St. Helens event produced in a short time. Many scientists thought that these formations took a long time to form.
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