Washington State

We love this state.  It is beautiful.

 

We visited Mount St. Helens. This is a place that has been on my bucket list and it was worth seeing both sides.

 

 

 

You can see where the mountain blew out the side

Fish Hatchery

Lava River

Mountian and Toutle Lake

And then there is Ape Cave.  

Things we have learned:
Climbing boulders is not for us
People in a cave are very kind - Thanks Manwell for getting us out.
I heal quick

This cave is beautiful in a dark, wet kind of way.  It is only 1/2 mile of boulder climbing but I messed up my ankle and people said I would not be able to climb out the "ladder of doom".  So we turned around and went 1/2 back out with a bad ankle. 

 

Deep hole

The ceiling

One of many boulders

This is the easy part

 

And this is my gift from Ape Cave

So now I am caught up with the blog. 
Tomorrow I head to Michigan for Athena's baby shower.