Visited H's namesake on Friday, luckily she's not as explosive as this one is! We learnt a lot, including how much they got wrong back then about what was expected when they realised she was going to blow! She has the youngest glacier in the world; a lake nearby rose by 200ft after the eruption (all the ash and pumice); and the noise of the eruption was only heard about 60 + miles away - something weird they think about temperature/atmosphere.
On Saturday we had a side trip to the Colombia gorge. Some great views of the river and lots of waterfalls, including the second tallest in the States. After the scenic drive we headed for the coast. Already we've seen some beautiful, long, almost empty beaches and we stayed right next to one in Manzanita (small apple in Spanish!) last night. A fabulous big patio door so we had great views. Today we went to a cheese factory that also makes yummy ice cream, so both of us were fulfilled!! Hate to say this without a photo with Grant reading this but we saw several gray whales too!! Sea food chowder and crab cakes for tea!
St H's from a distance and then closer
Can you see where the lava etc flowed?
The gorge
We have a sleep machine tonight! We can choose from waterfalls, tropical forests or thunder storms amongst others to lull us to sleep!
Hey hope this works - I have posted so many times and its not worked for some techno reason!! (me probably!)
ReplyDeleteWhat fab pictures Lord Snowdon! The Mt St Helens photos are brilliant, you can really see the crater/side blast area. How exciting - Toby and Eve thought it was "Awesome" but a bit scary!! The beaches look beautiful - you need to join the deserted white sand club (like the mile high club! but on the coast!) Tinkning of you having a lovely time, keep the photos coming.
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Hey it did! Thanks for posting.x Yes T and E must think we are volcano thrill seekers after Vesuvius as well!
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