The Earth, The Sky and Everything In Between

And here we are on our way to Seattle. We decided to detour down some random Washington highways that aimed towards Mt. St. Helens.
This is a typical Washington highway view - tones of pine trees, big blue sky, and of course a nice shot of St. Helens. It used to be 14,000+ feet, now 9000+ feet. Especially in the last picture, imagine it ascending up to that next cloud line, and that's about where the peak used to be. I can't imagine what kind of force it takes to blow up that much of a mountain.

These kinds of trips are always fun, especially with folks like Kurt. We have no problem turning down a random road that points in the general direction of an interesting place that we never intended to go, and then following that for a few hours for the heck of it. I can't do that with too many friends.