Mt. St. Helens 30yrs later: spirit lake still has trees laying down the same way that they fell after the 1980 eruption beautiful. wildlife and green trees coming back.

Tracey Stadamire Loc: Portland, OR,97217

spirit lake still has trees laying down the same way that they fell after the 1980 eruption beautiful. wildlife and green trees coming back.

spirit lake

tree sill there

St. helens without snow

new trees are coming

Tracey Stadamire Loc: Portland, OR,97217

Beautiful Mt. St. Helens

sinatraman Loc: Vero Beach Florida, Earth,alpha quaudrant

can it have been over 30 years ago? i feel old

Tracey Stadamire Loc: Portland, OR,97217

me too, my daughter was born june 30th 1980 I remember having to wear a mask due too the ash that fell, didn't go out unless I really had too.

Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY

Gorgeous photos Tracey. 8-)

BMD123

Wonderful photo's...I was there with my family about two months after it blew, wow what a difference.
It was totally gray and they were still plowing the roads of ash.
I have not been back since, so I just loved seeing your photo's.
I'll see if I have any images of when I was there.
Thanks for sharing~ sue

Tracey Stadamire Loc: Portland, OR,97217

that would be great.

gmcase Loc: Galt's Gulch

I was near Mossy Rock when it blew on May 18, 1980. Incredible sight.

chapjohn Loc: Tigard, Oregon

I remember that day, it was a Sunday, May 18, 1980. all the ash blew east (during later eruptions the ash blew south). The area repopulated with animals sooner than anyone thought (God's design is greater than we know). My only complaint is now it has become a tourist trap, you pay for everything you want to see.

hlmichel Loc: New Hope, Minnesota

Wow, hardly seems that long. I was in Los Angeles for the big one, but lived in Vancouver WA for many of the smaller ones.

JC56 Loc: Lake St.Louis mo.

I was there about 6 years ago.....drove all the way to the top......it was cool.......driving down was the scariest thing I have ever did..............my wife set a womens world record for silence...........she kept her mouth shut for twenty minutes(thats correct twenty minutes not twenty seconds)....there were no guard rails and I told her the car brakes had failed.

jdtx Loc: SA, Tx.

JC56 wrote:

I was there about 6 years ago.....drove all the way to the top......it was cool.......driving down was the scariest thing I have ever did..............my wife set a womens world record for silence...........she kept her mouth shut for twenty minutes(thats correct twenty minutes not twenty seconds)....there were no guard rails and I told her the car brakes had failed.

Have you contacted the Guiness Book of Records?

JRiddle Loc: San Martin, Ca.

Love that place, I have only been there three times since the eruption and what a stark contrast. Nature will heal itself just fine over time. What I thought unusual was seeing all the forrestation on the way to the mountain that had all the trees the same height from when they were replanted. Nice photo's.

Billybuzz Loc: Whiteford, MD

JC56 wrote:

I was there about 6 years ago.....drove all the way to the top......it was cool.......driving down was the scariest thing I have ever did..............my wife set a womens world record for silence...........she kept her mouth shut for twenty minutes(thats correct twenty minutes not twenty seconds)....there were no guard rails and I told her the car brakes had failed.

You should have called Guiness, could be a world record.

mooseeyes Loc: Sonora, California

Would the OP be OK with others posting images of Mt. St. Helens????