Mason Lake attempt, November 14

Mount St. Helens, October 9-10

Friday hiked from Windy Ridge to the end of trail 216F to see Loowit Falls - 11 miles round trip. (Loowit Falls comes out of the crater, fed by melting ice/snow.) We camped just east of Meta Lake. Saturday hiked from Harmony to Spirit Lake - 4 miles round trip.

Edge of the blast zone.

Mount St. Helens is out there behind the cloud

FYI - When you put birthday candles in still-hot brownies,

the bottoms of the candles melt and they fall over.

Testing the fire extinguishing properties of bacon grease -

not so good.

Driftwood deposited by Spirit Lake, as the giant landslide pushed it over a mile and several hundred feet in elevation beyond its present shoreline (which is 200+ feet higher than before the blast)

Sunrise hike, September 19

Seeking shelter from the storm

Lunchtime

Irresistible temptation

Deer

Marmot

Antonio discovers the fabled 2-headed marmot

Spray Falls hike - August 2009

Spray Park - source of water for Spray Falls

Notice the cloud over the edge, covering the falls

Avalanche lilies - lots of Vitamin C

High humidity area

Wet feet

More wet feet

Camp Parsons - June 2009

Notice the smile - it never went away.

Multi-tasking

Mastering the sling

Bee in my bonnet

Heading home

Denny Creek hike - May 2009

Lake Goodwin - Wenberg State Park, April 2009

Gearing up

That's not our beer bottle in the lake

Unsuccessful attempt to reach the perfect fishing spot.

Just playing on the floating logs.

Day 1 Score: Fish 1, Scouts 0.

Well-balanced boys

Play time

Frisbee on the way.

Frisbee target

Adding oxygen

Excellent hot chocolate

Calling all fish - Come in, please.

Day 2 Score: Fish 2, Scouts 0.

Moms - notice the dishwashing bins, dish detergent, etc. The boys did a good job.

Frisbee on the rocks

Scout off the rocks