I was working at a remote radar site in Alaska. but even there we got the news.
Where were you when the mountain blew...Mt.St. Helens???
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So Todd does your wife know that you're sending pictures of your ash to women on the Internet??? :-D
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Bones
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Not sure where I was when it blew, but I saw what remains from a distance in 2013. That's STyles's Blackbird, which he graciously entrusted to me while we rode the PNW together. The plan was to ride Forest Road 99 up the mountain but it was gated...still snowed in on June 30. Beautiful part of the world, especially when viewed from two wheels.
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What ever floats your boat.......... that's what makes America great! :bow1:
Just found a good vial.....will fill and ship next week when I get back to Bothell.
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What ever floats your boat.......... that's what makes America great! :bow1:
Just found a good vial.....will fill and ship next week when I get back to Bothell.
ToddC
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Great shot. You might like to know that within a week of the event a friend and I sent a proposal to the William Morrow Agency in New York with our take on the eruption. We proposed a blended book, Hemingway style -- as in In Our Time -- with interchapters marking science and Indian legend through Harry Truman's story. They rejected our proposal. I think we looked a bit like you did on that June 30th, raising your fist, as you might recall, against Nature's Way!
So it goes.
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Better shot...this is the one I meant to post initially.
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OK ash in mail!!!
For some reason the pm of this forum will not allow me to post a pic from computer to pm. So here is a shot of your package with REAL Mt. St.Helens Ash. Hope it makes it in time for the class.
ToddC
For some reason the pm of this forum will not allow me to post a pic from computer to pm. So here is a shot of your package with REAL Mt. St.Helens Ash. Hope it makes it in time for the class.
ToddC
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Karen,
USPS says you will see my ash .......
.........on Monday.
Are all classes out for all next week??? Hope it shows up in time for your volcano lesson.
ToddC
USPS says you will see my ash .......
.........on Monday. Are all classes out for all next week??? Hope it shows up in time for your volcano lesson.
ToddC
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Heading out to see this marvel in a couple of weeks. The bad news is FR25 and FR99 are not likely to be open to get down to Spirit Lake.
http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/giffordpinchot/recarea/?recid=66099
http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/giffordpinchot/recarea/?recid=66099
Be sure to check on those roads as you get closer to your trip. We've had an unusually warm spring this year so the snow melt is happening faster than usual. Those roads may be open by the time you get here. Enjoy the ride, St. Helens is quite a sight on a clear day.
Well, here are some pictures taken June 29. Amazing area, amazing scars left from the big event. There aren't enough words to describe it nor can the camera capture it all....... I can't imagine being anywhere near there at the time, must have been very devastating.
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In the Hotel California...
I was on my 1980 Gold Wing! Heading to a Seattle Outboard Assn. race at Silver Lake in Everett. Didn't notice it all all.
Long time ago but I think I got a third place that day.
Long time ago but I think I got a third place that day.
Orlando Florida, waiting to start Nuc School.... Seems like yesterday. It got lots of news coverage.
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Around that time, I had flown my pregnant wife (with #3) back to El Segundo CA (one mile south of LAX) and I was to wait out the next two months @ England AFB LA, before getting out of the service.