Today was a nice 600 km road trip to visit Mt Rainier and Mt St Helen. The day was beautiful and the scenery spectacular. We first headed to Mt Rainier stopping at all the vantage points along the way. From Mt Rainier it was a couple of hour drive to Mt St Helen and pretty winding road. Mt St Helen is amazing due to the fairly recent volcanic eruption in 1980. It was a full day and we had to stop for dinner before getting back to Seattle. This is truly an amazing place and these National Parks are a must if you travel this way.
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| mt rainier |
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| a river running from the mountain |
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| waterfall |
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| another waterfall with rainbow |
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| beautiful streams |
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| still some snow in summer |
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| wild flowers |
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| rainier visitor centre |
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| walking track to lookout |
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| great weather |
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| more water |
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| panorama |
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| more water falls |
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| entrance to mt st helen |
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| mt st helen |
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| more wild flowers |
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| great view of the volcano |
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| panorama of mt st helen |
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| track to visitor centre |
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| mt rainier from mt st helen |
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| before and after may 18th 1980 |
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| pictures captured 1 minute between all three |
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| massive bridge span on road to mountains |
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| our ford! |
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