Mt. Saint Helen's

Friday afternoon we drove down to Mt. Saint Helen's. It was a sunny and warm day...perfect road trip conditions!

Our first stop was the Hoffstadt Bluffs Visitor Center. The kids were a little scared of the elk head but I had to tell them that it wasn't real before they agreed to pose for the picture. (I think that it was real...dead, but real.)

Behind us is St. Helen's. We are about 20 minutes drive from the next stop.
Much closer to St. Helen's! Inside this visitor center we watched a short film on the eruption and destruction of the area. Really intense movie! Luke was telling Maw Maw on the phone tonight about the volcano. He said: "We went to see a volcano. Volcanoes are dangerous. You can get blown up." Great science lesson learned.

Morgan and Miriam examining the glacier that has now formed on St. Helen's.

Mt. St. Helen's after the eruption in 1980.

Petrified trees from the blast.

A little chipmunk we saw on our short hike. Believe it or not, there were signs in the visitor center warning guests of these creatures. They said that they would attack us and to not provoke the chipmunks. Are you serious? Luke and Morgan trying to decipher the compass and our best possible route home...just kidding! We leave all navigating up to our GPS now. Oh, GPS how we love you and we could never live without you!

We had a blast at St. Helen's! ;)


P.S. For those of you that requested to see pregnant belly pictures, enjoy the pics above. Only 6 more weeks!