We hope that you enjoyed your visit to Mt. St. Helens National Volcanic Monument and Weyerhaeuser St. Helens Tree Farm today.
Winter in Portland generally means rain, wind, and clouds…but yesterday we had an unusually clear day. I took advantage of the opportunity to get out of the office and take our international Fellows up to Mt. St. Helens. The volcano has received a lot of snow and some of the roads are closed in winter, but we got up as close as we could. I thought that you would enjoy seeing a few photos of some of the same places that we visited in July. Needless to say, the view is completely different.
I wish that you could have all been there to see the mountain covered in white with only the elk to share the road. The snow in many of the places was a good 3 feet deep, but crusted over enough to walk on. Except, occasionally, when your foot would punch through! And the mountain sure was steaming in the cold weather. Here are a few of my favorite photos but more can be seen at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/18377428@N00/sets/72157603737289702
