Mt. St. Helens

A few weeks ago, Jesse took a week off from work. The girls and I declared a week off from school, and our 'stay-cation' began.

One thing he really wanted to do was to go to Mt. St. Helens to see the fall colors. It just so happened that Monday of our week off was the peak of colors up there. So Tuesday we all piled in the car and headed up there.

It was an amazing day. The colors were beautiful.




The drive was absolutely beautiful, but it is always a question as to whether the mountain will be visible when we get to the top. It was a partly cloudy day, and a few clouds lingered in front of the crater, but we were able to get some great shots of the mountain.



We were amazed at how much the lava dome had grown since we were last up there.

But everyone's favorite activity was skipping rocks, or throwing large ones in for me to get shots.