STATE OF MIND

The Browns, the Grovers and the Baxters decided to caravan to Mt. St. Helens cloudy day or no cloudy day. *

It was inevitable we would loose a family. We lost the Browns.

Hours later, we found the Browns!

(O happy reunion.)

We tried to view the crater.

(Lilli trying.)

Here is the crater on a sunny day:

Here is the crater on the day we went:

You might have been dissapointed but we were not. There are pictures of the crater posted all over the place. And honestly, two year olds don't care about craters and five year olds just want to watch the explosion movie again.

A crater is a crater is a crater, but to see the aftermath of incredibly forceful destruction and to get a sense of the vastness of the affected area, that was impressive.

Then again, I didn't see the crater..

We lost the Browns again.

We dined at one of the remaining homes built prior to the explosion and then the kids played on the grass. Well, they played on Dave. Dave played on the grass.

Then the sun came out which surprised us not one bit seeing as we were preparing to go home.

And that's how you do it folks.

That's how you enjoy yourself in a state of rain or shine.


*Pictures taken with a borrowed camera.