Day 33 - Mt Rainier to Kelso

17 June 2004

Highlights:

  • Mt Rainier National Park
  • Mt St Helens National Volcanic Monument

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    Henry M Jackson Memorial Visitor Centre - Mt Rainier National Park (Washington, USA)Henry M Jackson Memorial Visitor Centre
    Mt Rainier National Park (Washington, USA)

    Mt Rainier - Mt Rainier National Park (Washington, USA)Mt Rainier
    Mt Rainier National Park (Washington, USA)

    Mt Rainier - Mt Rainier National Park (Washington, USA)Mt Rainier
    Mt Rainier National Park (Washington, USA)

    Mt Rainier - Mt Rainier National Park (Washington, USA)Mt Rainier
    Mt Rainier National Park (Washington, USA)

    We went on this walk before we had breakfast. I was starving!

    Mt Rainier - Mt Rainier National Park (Washington, USA)Mt Rainier
    Mt Rainier National Park (Washington, USA)

    Inside Paradise Inn - Mt Rainier National Park (Washington, USA)Inside Paradise Inn
    Mt Rainier National Park (Washington, USA)

    Looks romantic doesn't it?

    Nisqually Vista - Mt Rainier National Park (Washington, USA)Nisqually Vista
    Mt Rainier National Park (Washington, USA)

    Mt Rainier - Mt Rainier National Park (Washington, USA)Mt Rainier
    Mt Rainier National Park (Washington, USA)

    Mt Rainier - Mt Rainier National Park (Washington, USA)Mt Rainier
    Mt Rainier National Park (Washington, USA)

    Narada Falls - Mt Rainier National Park (Washington, USA)Narada Falls
    Mt Rainier National Park (Washington, USA)

    Narada Falls - Mt Rainier National Park (Washington, USA)Narada Falls
    Mt Rainier National Park (Washington, USA)

    Nisqually Glacier and valley - Mt Rainier National Park (Washington, USA)Nisqually Glacier and valley
    Mt Rainier National Park (Washington, USA)

    Mt Rainier - Mt Rainier National Park (Washington, USA)Mt Rainier
    Mt Rainier National Park (Washington, USA)

    Christine Falls - Mt Rainier National Park (Washington, USA)Christine Falls
    Mt Rainier National Park (Washington, USA)

    Kautz Creek - Mt Rainier National Park (Washington, USA)Kautz Creek
    Mt Rainier National Park (Washington, USA)

    Flowers - Route 12 west near Morton (Washington, USA)Flowers
    Route 12 west near Morton (Washington, USA)

    They really do have nice weeds in America

    Mossy Rock Dam - Mossy Rock Dam (Washington, USA)Mossy Rock Dam
    Mossy Rock Dam (Washington, USA)

    Highest dam Washington

    Mount St Helens park sign - Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)Mount St Helens park sign
    Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)

    Mt St Helens - Hoffstadt Bluff Visitor Centre (Washington, USA)Mt St Helens
    Hoffstadt Bluff Visitor Centre (Washington, USA)

    Helicopter - Hoffstadt Bluff Visitor Centre (Washington, USA)Helicopter
    Hoffstadt Bluff Visitor Centre (Washington, USA)

    A heli-tour of Mt St Helens would have been amazing, but it was $99 each, and we then wouldn't have had time to go up to the visitor's centre

    Helicopter - Hoffstadt Bluff Visitor Centre (Washington, USA)Helicopter
    Hoffstadt Bluff Visitor Centre (Washington, USA)

    North Fork Toutle River valley - Forest Learning Centre (Washington, USA)North Fork Toutle River valley
    Forest Learning Centre (Washington, USA)

    Parts of the valley below were buried 200m deep in mud when the volcano erupted

    Mt St Helens - Forest Learning Centre (Washington, USA)Mt St Helens
    Forest Learning Centre (Washington, USA)

    Flowers - Forest Learning Centre (Washington, USA)Flowers
    Forest Learning Centre (Washington, USA)

    Devastation in the forest caused by the 1980 blast - Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)Devastation in the forest caused by the 1980 blast
    Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)

    They look like matchsticks don't they?

    Mt St Helens and Toutle River - Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)Mt St Helens and Toutle River
    Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)

    Mt St Helens - Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)Mt St Helens
    Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)

    Inside the crater - Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)Inside the crater
    Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)

    Mt St Helens - Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)Mt St Helens
    Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)

    Mt St Helens - Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)Mt St Helens
    Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)

    Sponge cake rock - Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)Sponge cake rock
    Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)

    Pop corn rock!

    Mt St Helens model - Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)Mt St Helens model
    Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)

    Mt St Helens - Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)Mt St Helens
    Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)

    Polarising filter

    Inside the crater - Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)Inside the crater
    Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)

    Flowers - Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)Flowers
    Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)

    Shattered tree stumps - Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)Shattered tree stumps
    Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)

    Mt St Helens - Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)Mt St Helens
    Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)

    Mt St Helens and shattered stumps - Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)Mt St Helens and shattered stumps
    Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)

    Shattered tree stumps - Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)Shattered tree stumps
    Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)

    Barren landscape - Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)Barren landscape
    Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)

    It looks like a desert, not the sort of place you'd expect to find a pine forest, but that's what was there before

    Flowers in front of Mt St Helens - Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)Flowers in front of Mt St Helens
    Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)

    Devastation in the forest caused by the 1980 blast - Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)Devastation in the forest caused by the 1980 blast
    Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)

    Coldwater Lake - Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)Coldwater Lake
    Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)

    This lake was formed when mud from the eruption dammed up the valley it was in

    Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument info board - Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument info board
    Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument (Washington, USA)

    Hoffstadt Creek Bridge - Route 504 west (Washington, USA)Hoffstadt Creek Bridge
    Route 504 west (Washington, USA)

    Spider - Route 504 west (Washington, USA)Spider
    Route 504 west (Washington, USA)

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