The Kilt & The Volcano

[HeathBar]

Regardless what mountain it is, they are stunning photos. Growing up, the only mountains I new were the Smokys. The first time I got to visit Washington, I was amazed at the size of these rocks. The Cascades has my vote for one of the most beautiful areas in the good ole US of A.

[Oldhiker]

The pictures are stunning and very powerful. But in person, it makes you understand the power of Mother Nature. The trees were knocked over like toothpicks. You can be driving in an area totally unaffected by the blast and turn the corner to instant total destruction. The only way to describe it is a nuclear blast.

Life is coming back, they are letting Mother Nature do her thing, no planting of vegation or animals. Fish are swimming again in Crater Lake which I think was boiling after the blast....