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Photo of the ash I still have in 2020. Yes, it still can get on everything.
I was living in Bellingham, WA. so I missed most of it. The wind wasn't blowing ash this way.
My sisters were living in Pullman, WA. which got ash fall. I ask Judith to scoop up some and save it for me. I still have it today.
Scroll down and see photo captions for more of my experiences related to Mount Saint Helens eruption.
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In 1980, I was self publishing a little magazine of my own opinions, before using the internet. My June issue was to be about gay rights, but Mount St. Helens had just happened, so I combined the two hot topics. I have the front page in my Flickr display. The inside pages are still in my closet, so to speak; in a file box. One can enlarge here.
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6 years after the eruption, I was getting more into long distance bike touring. On one of my trips, I visited Windy Ridge area near Mount St. Helens where there was lots of timber blow down. 1986.
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St. Helens lurking in the distance as seen from top of Windy Ridge, 1986.
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In 1994, I was doing another bike trip on road up from the west side of mountain. The road to Johnston Ridge.
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St. Helens from Johnston Ridge, 1994.
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Mud flows on my way up to Johnston Ridge, 1994.
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An A frame cabin buried in mud on way up to Johnston Ridge, 1994.
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From inside lodge at Johnston Ridge 1994. Met someone who said I reminded him of Forest Gump. I'd never heard of Forest Gump since I'm not much of a movie person, but I did watch a documentary about St. Helens at another visitor's center near the I-5 exit.
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Some of the amazing bridges on the way to Johnston Ridge. When bicycling, one can notice. They built this highway into the area after the eruption. Photo from 1994.
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Another bridge on the way to Johnston Ridge, 1994.
The photos and a few more on my Flickr tag.
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