Blogs from Chehalis, Washington, United States, North America

blog 09-26-17 Mt St Helen The rain ended during the night and the stars came out, perfect timing. Today we are heading for Mt St Helen and it is looking like a splendid day to view the mountain. I had been here 2 yrs ago and there was so much smoke from forest fires that I couldn't see the mountain at all. Today we could see it from 50 miles away and as we got closer it got bigger. To make it super outstanding, there was a layer of snow from about 6,000 ft so with the blue sky behind, the mountain stood out perfectly. It took over an hour to get to the visitor's center at Johnston Ridge about 50 miles from the I-5 exit. The road curved around mountains covered in trees, some planted ... read more

Nothing much new to report but I am safe and not in any of the fire areas. Yesterday I explored a little but spent most of the day getting my hair cut. I found a local beauty parlor and the owner took 2 1/2 hours to cut and color my hair. OMG I thought I'd never get out of there. All of the town's gossip is now stored in my brain, thanks to Stephanie. She didn't do 2 things at once so while talking she stopped whatever she was doing and put all her energies into my getting the news. I went to Mossy Rock, a town with a lagging economy, because it was close. They need some kind of industry to spur things along and give the town a transfusion. They have farms, and logging ... read more

Having fun at Chehalis 1000 Trails Preserve... read more

Getting up early again, we left Vancouver, WA for Chehalis WA. On the way we stopped at Mt St Helens visitors center on I-5 and saw a movie. Incredible the power and devastation that a volcano can do. Spirit Lake moved 200 ft. Later on we arrived at the 1000 Trails Park in Chehalis. It is a beautiful 330 acre park with forested trees and ferns everywhere. We love our campsite. The next day we took the truck to Northwest Trek Wildlife Park and drove out among many animals in a tram seeing caribou, elk, moose, rams and more + grizzlies, cougars and the like. The bison herds were grunting, pawing the dirt and fighting for power amongst the males. Wouldn't want to get in the way of them! Today we are resting at camp and ... read more