Clear day= spectacular view

 

  On my back from getting my tire rotated, I got to see a HUGE mountain covered with snow off in the distance.  I'm thinking to myself this isn't Mt Hood, as it has a pointed peak.  No this thing was huge at the base and had a flat top.  Not really knowing which Mountain it was,(not thinking about mountains in Washington)  I decided it wasn't Mt Hood as I got to see it as I rounded a bend on 84/30 eastbound.  So what Mountain was it I'm asking myself. I had no idea that Mt St. Helens was so close.
  As soon as I got home I looked on google earth.  It was Mt St. Helens!  I was surprised!  My Wife and I have always talked about seeing the volcano, and now I realize it's under a 75 mile drive for me now!
   In the three months I've been up here, the skies have been, well cloudy 85% of the time.  On those days where it was actually sunny, not a cloud in the sky, I didn't go anywhere.  That day, however was a clear day and I was surprised when I first saw the mountain. Next weekend for me I just might have to take a drive!
   

Hah ha! The first thing you learn in the NW is to always take advantage of the sunny days. When it clears up around here it can be amazing!

Z

I visited about 10 years after the eruption.  Grass and shrubs were just barely starting to grow in the blast zone, (which seemed to be a 4-5 mile radius).

WAY cooler/more impressive than I could have imagined.

Glad you could savor the moment!
I find more & more that one of my goals in life is to be able continually to take advantage of superb weather. When it happens, it's all the more satisfying.

when i lived in portland i had a great view of both hood and st helens from our rooftop deck, it was great to see both on those beautiful clear days, portland is a great place, gotta get back there one day, cameron

Where's the pic, Jeeper?!!   

When I was a kid my hipster Mom and Step-Dad took us camping as close as the authorities would let us get to the simmering St. Helens.  It erupted shortly afterward and we would've been in a bad way where we'd camped.  Thanks for the lesson in not going near volcanoes, Mom!   

Clear day = spectacular view.....and no pics? 


* Whisper mode* Mods, we may have to ban this guy

He doesn't need pics.. I just saw the same thing on the way to work.

Here are some Mt. Saint Helens volcano cams to get you by...
http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/

In the three months I've been up here, the skies have been, well cloudy 85% of the time.

Actually this has been a very dry mild winter.  I think my first winter here I didn't see the sun at all for three months.

 

  Mooch, in my defense I was driving!  And Boy do I wish I had a my canon!  I would have found a place and pulled over for that shot! (Phone camera just wasn't gonna do it justice.)

Troy, since your a member of the Storm Trooper club, I convinced the rest of the mods to give you a second chance