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jthanson t1_j4zb78c wrote

That whole area was so beautiful back before the eruption. Hard to believe it's over forty years now. Somewhere under all that mud is Harry Truman.

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BankutiCutie t1_j50e87s wrote

Its so devastating to know hes buried under those lahar flows, coca cola in hand…. But he died as he lived. He wanted to stay

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chromecod t1_j53dtbo wrote

Ahh hell that crusty old devil is probably still cussing the mountain. Dang I liked that guy

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BankutiCutie t1_j53suxg wrote

Haha! Yep! Pretty much how i imagine him in the afterlife

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pinewind108 t1_j55a3vq wrote

Actually, he'd made up his mind to leave, but left it too long. (Family friend worked in the Forest Service up there and talked to him often.)

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BankutiCutie t1_j55g9gz wrote

Oh? Ive never heard that story! And ive worked extensively with the State Parks’ Mt St Helens collections. Thats very interesting.

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pinewind108 t1_j55h0gf wrote

Do you know why he and his brother first moved up there? They were running moonshine down into Portland! And had their still up there. The guy was more of a character than he liked to admit!

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laneb71 t1_j4z7xj5 wrote

It's always crazy hearing my dad talk about st Helen's before the eruption. Spirit was like the place his parents took them to for vacations and he has so many fond memories.

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Tawptuan t1_j4ze3qk wrote

Just look at that eternally serene, peaceful, quiet sister of Mt. Fuji! 😂

P.S. I remember the fateful morning when the shockwave of the eruption hit my house, 150 miles away. I thought someone was dynamiting stumps at a nearby farm. Windows rattling and walls shaking. Then the chaos from the cursed ash fall. 😬

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Faceplant71_ t1_j50fvp8 wrote

We went up to Council Crest in Portland to watch the plume and then left town for the coast to escape the ash.

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Tawptuan t1_j52ykr6 wrote

And then the ash went the other direction (first eruption— NE towards Yakima). 😉

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Faceplant71_ t1_j52zg2k wrote

I was swimming on the Columbia River on the Washington side for the second eruption and saw the plume.

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pinewind108 t1_j4zgurb wrote

That could have been me and my sister! Spirit Lake was a great place to visit in the summers, but it often got thunderstorms in the afternoon.

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Chemical-Subject8398 t1_j50gere wrote

I have a picture of me as a kid fishing there. I loved it there.

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Chasing93353 t1_j510d56 wrote

I was there the last summer it was there. July 1979 It really was a beautiful place

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chromecod t1_j53djqx wrote

When I was a kid my mom and dad and I would spend a week every summer fishing and staying in the cabins. Harry Truman taught me how to use a canoe much to my mother's chagrin. What great memories

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metrion t1_j51dre3 wrote

Everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked.

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BankutiCutie t1_j50eddt wrote

Always a trip to see Spirit Lake before the eruption…. There are a ton of family photos out there of summer vacations and YMCA camp meehan days etc

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elevatedtv t1_j50w1ac wrote

Ufff so beautiful! Would have loved a chance to climb it pre-eruption.

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