Thursday, June 27 We left the coast this morning for Mount St. Helens. Before getting too far, however, we concluded our Lewis and Clark saga with the last of the historical sites we had not yet visited – Dismal Nitch. When we continued towards Mount St. Helens we only had 60 miles, but added a lunch stop and grocery shop to take up some time, and arrived at Seaquest State Park at 1:30. Tom has been a bit put out with the park attendants scolding us for arriving before check-in time. . . Tom always wants to get his money’s worth! All sites were huge, densely forested with dampish rain-forest growth that was a brilliant emerald green, and had electric and water hook-up. We’ll be here for two nights. Seaquest State Park is directly across the road from a Mount St. Helen’s Visitor Center at Silver Lake– which is still almost 40 miles away from Mount St. Helens itself. There were nice exhibits on the 1980 eruption, an animated Ranger talk by a young girl not afraid to act it out, an excellent movie detailing the eruption and aftermath with real video footage, and a beautiful 1-mile nature trail on a wetland boardwalk. We have not see the mountain yet, and hope to have a more comprehensive view of what took place in the surrounding areas as we explore tomorrow. The mountain and all of the areas bordering it were affected and changed in catastrophic ways. That evening we had a surprise for two good little doggies: We bought a rack of very meaty beef ribs and Tom separated them and cut most of the meat off of the bone. We used the beef to make fajitas, and the dogs each got a bone. The rest of the bones were put in the freezer for future chews!
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We don’t go camping any more . . . we go ‘streamin’ ! The “SIlvermine and His” is our 2018 25' Airstream Serenity with Salsa interior and front twin beds., and ‘streamin’ is the name we use to describe our adventures. Stream along as we document everything from weekend trips to longer summer excursions and full-blown vacations. You know what they say: if you’re not in an Airstream – you’re just camping!
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