October 30 Mount St. Helens Volcano, WA

October 30, 2013

What a great day it was!  We are staying in a super campsite, probably the best we have been in so far.  Toutle River RV Resort, is very family friendly.  
Today we went to Mt. St. Helens, WOW!  What a beautiful day to drive up to look at the mountain!  We learned so much about Mt. St. Helens, about what lead up to the eruption, how it erupted and the devastation that it caused.  Before and after pictures of the Mountain tell a strong story and almost seem unreal as so much of the mountain blew up with the eruption.  
Fifty-Seven lost their lives on Sunday, May 18, 1980, it was a sad day that changed the face of Mt. St. Helens forever. 53 of the deceased were in the "safe zone" so called because it was assumed that the volcano would erupt vertically. Instead it blew out the north side of the mountain laterally which obviously wasn't predicted.

We came back to our campsite and met a family who are 'FTOR' Full Time On the Road.  It was great for the kids to have others to play with and everyone went biking and we had a campfire together!  It was great to meet the Thomas family!!