"There is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather." ~John Ruskin
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JuneLake11.jpg And one more closeup of the waterfall.5/27/2007
JuneLake15.jpg Here is the June Lake. It looks pretty calm, but the wind was blowing, and it felt really cold. I'm guessing it was in the mid to upper 40s.5/27/2007
JuneLake17.jpg Looking at the cool patterns in the shallow part of the lake.5/27/2007
JuneLake18.jpg OK, one last shot of the waterfall.5/27/2007
JuneLake2.jpg A waterfall at June Lake on Mount St.Helens. It was a cold day in late May that we hiked up there, to an elevation of about 4200 feet.5/27/2007
JuneLake34.jpg On the hike back down, looking up towards the south side of Mount St. Helens. Notice the field of boulders in the foreground. I've never been here before, but I think they washed down in the floods we had in early November 2006. You'll see why a few shots down from here.5/27/2007
JuneLake39.jpg Another shot looking back towards the crater.5/27/2007
JuneLake47.jpg We had originally planned to go to Lava Canyon to hike. But the road washed out during the winter, so we couldn't get there. This shot is from a footbridge looking back towards where the road used to be (Horizontally, just above the middle of the photo).5/27/2007
JuneLake59.jpg Here's Adam posed near the washed out road.5/27/2007
JuneLake61.jpg Well if that sign's not an understatement, I don't know what is. We're actually standing on the road, and the sign is in the middle of what used to be the road.5/27/2007
JuneLake62.jpg Here's a closeup of the missing road.5/27/2007
JuneLake64.jpg Ah, what's a series of photos without at least one staged photo. Here's Adam standing at the edge of what used to be the road.5/27/2007
JuneLake67.jpg A shot looking over the washout to the other side of the road.5/27/2007
JuneLake7.jpg Another shot of the fall into June Lake.5/27/2007
JuneLake70.jpg looking below the washout. It almost looks serene looking this direction.5/27/2007
JuneLake79.jpg A shot of Adam at the end of the June Lake Hike.5/27/2007
JuneLake9.jpg A closeup up the waterfall.5/27/2007
Blast1.jpg And this is as close as I could zoom in from my roof in Tualatin. We are approximately 70 miles away as the crow flies.10/2/2004
Blast2.jpg When the mountain blew a large blast in early March, I climbed up on the roof to take these pictures. Here is the ash cloud zoomed out.10/2/2004
Blast3.jpg Here it is a little closer.10/2/2004
Further.jpg One last shot from the road where I spent the rest of the day (with several thousand others) watching the mountain. This was about 10 miles from the crater, near the Coldwater Observatory which was full. I didn't get to see an eruption, but it was quite an experience being up there.10/2/2004
JohnstonRidge.jpg This was the view from Johnston Ridge before we were evacuated around 1:30 PM. Note how barren the earth remains even 24 years after the big blast in 1980.10/2/2004
Landslide.jpg This was the dust and ash rising from a large landslide, just before we were evacuated. Most likely there was a larger earthquake which triggered this, but none of the quakes could be felt were we were.10/2/2004
News.jpg While we were being evcuated, they also ordered the evacuation of the area where all the news crews had been stationed. Here's a shot of their parking lot before it was completely evacuated. Note once again the devestated landscape, and remember, this was 5 miles from the crater and 24 years after the eruption.10/2/2004
Pumice.jpg A view of the Pumice Plains north and northeast of the crater. Very desolate.10/2/2004
Steam1.jpg This was the beginning of the minor steam burst that occured around 12:15.10/2/2004
Steam2.jpg Another shot of the steam burst.10/2/2004
Steam3.jpg One more shot of the steam. The whole episode was over in a minute or two, the steam never even reached as high as the top of the crated before it dissipated.10/2/2004
Traffic.jpg Traffic during the evacuation was very slow. It was a good thing there was no dangerous eruption occurring, I don't think people would have made it out in time. Perhaps that's why Johnston Ridge has been closed since that date,10/2/2004