Mt. St. Helens 06-14-08

[owrstrich]

the plan was to ride windy ridge at mt st helens... then mt adams...

many feet of snow fell last week so i called the ranger stations to find out how the roads were today... they said the road to windy ridge was washed out and may never open again... they said the road that runs the east side of mt st helens was under 5 feet of snow... they said there were no open routes to mt adams either...

so we head out of longview wa on interstate 5... we take wa 503 to ape cave... its open but its a nightmare... must have been a thousand breeders there... so we keep going on fr 90 and then fr 25...

then we back tracked up interstate 5 to castle rock and wa 504 to johnston ridge...

here you go...

lotts o this up there...



then we found this blocking our way...



and these folks could not speak english... it took a while... but i figured out they had google directions to rainier... so i showed them my map and wrote down how to get there from here...



the rivers were flowing like a mo... the rivers are my favorite... but that crazy wench micki was asleep more than she was awake today... so not any fantastic river photos...




stopped for blueberry cheesecake... got it to go... was gonna stop at a picnic table... here it is after 4 hours in the side bag... lucky it was cold up there...



mt st helens from silver lake...





blast devostation...







mt adams peaking out over the hills...



waterfalls everywhere... we didnt get too many good shots of anything today... 4 in this photo alone...



scenery...







the bug eye brick...



there you are...

johnny

[bosozoku]

Today was indeed a nice one. Bummer about the road damage, but great pics nonetheless!.

Where did the cheesecake come from?.

[princessbeemie]

We almost rode up that way yesterday, but decided to stick to the lowlands since all the snow last weekend would leave a mess in the roads. Looks like it was sunnier in the higher elevations, though. Thanks for sharing your pictures, it looks like you had a great day.

[owrstrich]

bosozoku...

the blueberry cheese cake came from the oak tree which is on the east side of the 5 at the wa 503 exit in woodland wa...

we also had a fine hamburgler a couple days ago at the eager beaver which is west of the 5 at the same exit...

princessbeemie...

we have a job by dupont... its at the 5 and the 512... wont be there till august though...

we came to ride high and high we rode... but today it the coast...

it looks like the windy ridge may just be memorizes... wish would have got to see it... the photos posted here dont do the area justice... need a pro photog to capture it all... our little digi cam cant do it...

our planned route today is wa 4 to wa 401 in naselle... wa 401 to long beach... after long beach us 101 to wa 6 in raymond... wa 6 to wa 506 back to longview... its about 280 miles of flat road on wa 4 and us 101 and some mountain road on the 6...

saw lotts o deer and elk yesterday... one big dead elk that was by a car along the way... we will be keeping our heads in the ride...

bye...

johnny

[Kalvin00]

Very beautiful shots.

Thanks for sharing them!