Mt. St. Helens Field Trip

I got to go on a field trip with Jessica to Mt. St. Helens. Matthew's Dad was in town, and one of the things he really wanted to do was see Mt. St. Helens, so Matthew chose, as his way of taking care of Jared and Kayleigh while I was on the field trip, to take Jared out of school, and to ditch work for a few hours, and drive up to Mt. St. Helens that day. We actually ended up seeing them a few times. They sort of kept their own pace and schedule, but it was fun to hook up with them through out the day!First stop.....Ape Cave.....this is a cave that lava has flowed through. It was really cool.....the pictures don't really do it justice, so you will have to come see it for yourself some day!

Second stop.....trail of two forests.....this was a cool area.....it was a forest that new trees had grown in, since the volcano erupted, but the old forest, many of the trees had been taken by the volcano.....and with the heat of the lava, as it burnt the trees, then as the trees cooled, it left wholes of stone through out the forest. Amazing! Some of the wholes actually connected to each other, making a cool underground tunnel that we got to crawl through. Again, it is more amazing in person, so you really have to come for a visit!

One of the wholes of the tree.....a lot of the trees, they said were 6 feet in diameter.....it was so neat to see!