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RoboCop
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« on: July 19, 2009, 09:56:29 PM »
especially Mother Nature.  Twenty odd years ago the volcano's lateral blast (300mph, 600 degrees?) pulverized the vegetation and sterilized the soil around Mt. St. Helens, today small trees and wildflowers abound.

Hard to beat Windy Ridge for a combination of fun road and unique scenery.
Windy Ridge - Mt. St. Helens WApowered by Aeva




More to this report later, gotta get ready for a campout Lips Sealed
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Gilligan
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Southwest Indiana
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2009, 05:26:10 AM »
It'll be great to see the changes there between 2003 and now.
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RoboCop
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« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2009, 07:33:18 PM »
Gilligan, your pics look like the Johnston Ridge side which is a little west of the Windy Ridge ride.  I've got a few pics of that side from last fall, changes are coming slowly, but more vegetation all the time.
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f6john
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« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2009, 07:40:41 PM »
I recall receiving a train car load of lumber a few weeks after the eruption and there was at least an inch of ash on top. Wish I had kept some of it now.
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RoboCop
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« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2009, 07:44:17 PM »
A few more pics from Windy Ridge.

Wildflowers amongst the blowdown


Looking east at Mt. Adams


Those bumps on the north side of the valley used to be the summit of the mountain on the south side.


Mt. Rainier behind Spirit Lake, lots of trees still floating, deposited during the eruption.


Bumped into a fellar that makes belly tanks for the Valk, cruising on his Strom.
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Gilligan
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« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2009, 07:51:18 PM »
Quote from: RoboCop on July 21, 2009, 07:33:18 PM
Gilligan, your pics look like the Johnston Ridge side which is a little west of the Windy Ridge ride.  I've got a few pics of that side from last fall, changes are coming slowly, but more vegetation all the time.

RoboCop, I just looked at the rest of your pics. Absolutely beautiful! Thanks for posting them.

It is impressive what nature does. Anybody visiting here will feel very small.
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RoboCop
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Rose City OREGON
« Reply #6 on: July 27, 2009, 08:21:04 PM »

I ran across this shot the other day and thought it was kind of a cool before/after pic.
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stormrider
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« Reply #7 on: July 27, 2009, 08:32:16 PM »
Wow, at the awesome destruction and it's been 20 years? Really?
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« Reply #8 on: July 28, 2009, 09:20:12 PM »
Quote from: stormrider on July 27, 2009, 08:32:16 PM
it's been 20 years? Really?

will be 30 yrs next spring, one more thing to make me feel old Sad
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