Mt. St. Helens and Oregon Beach

Jul. 19 and Jul. 20

We are eager to have a longer trip after staying home for so many weeks. In memorial day, the weather was so bad and we did not see a thing in Mt. St. Helens. Now, the weather is nice so we want to go there again.

It's summer time, the flowers along the slopes looks beautiful. In one viewpoint, we saw some elks along the rivers using powerful monocular for visitors. We visited Johnson visitor center and watched the shot film about the 1980 blast. Only had a shot hike on the small ridge outside of the Johnson visitor Center.

Elk viewing

the Volcano
trees died of the explosion
magnificent bridge

Keep driving to Portland. Stayed in Days Inn for the night.

The next day, we drove to Cannon Beach. It's a clear day. A bit windy on the beach. We walked along the beach and took some pictures. There were a lot of seabirds near the stones. Some people were riding the fun bikes. A few people were riding horses along the beach.

Cannon beach
Seabirds
amzing stones

After visiting Cannon beach, we went to Seaside. Good to know that Seaside was "the end of trail" for Lewis and Clark. There were some beach Frisbee competition going on. Seaside is more developed in terms of tourism industry than Cannon Beach. However, I think Cannon beach is more beautiful.

the end of the trail
Seaside Beach

We drove along the south side of Columbia river then I5 to come home. It's a short weekend but with tons of fun.