Blast pattern

Closer view of blast pattern

Awwww

Unidentified (as of yet) wildflower

Cindy & Dick at campsite checking cell phone

reception (I took this pic with my cell phone)

Picnic at Seaquest Campground

In some pix the foreground is too dark after adjusting contrast for the mountain

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* The Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO) is located at the terminus of the Spirit Lake Memorial Highway, on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in Southwest Washington State.

This vantage point brings visitors within five miles of the north side of the volcano and offers spectacular views of the still-steaming lava dome, crater, pumice plain and landslide deposit.

JRO is located on Johnston Ridge which was named in honor of U.S.Geological Survey (USGS) volcanologist David A. Johnston who was on duty at the USGS, Coldwater II observation post during the May 18, 1980, eruption. David Johnston was one of 57 people who lost their lives in the eruption.

* Italics = “borrowed” text from websites.

My thanks to JRO for web cam link and to other websites including:

http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/index.shtml

http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2000/fs036-00/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_St._Helens

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