2009 07 28 Mount St. Helens, Silverlake, Washington

Mount St. Helens looks closer on the map than it is from Seattle. This road trip made for a very long and tiring day. On top of that it was hot and I'm not sure the boys really appreciated all they were seeing....I think they wanted to see lava oozing as well as an ash plume. I tried to explain the eruption happened 29 years ago, and they enjoyed the visitor center and the movie about the eruption, but as for all the hours in the car, they would have preferred to spend the time in a swimming pool somewhere. Oh well, they can say they've been to Mount St. Helens....