Day 18

Dragonfly @ Mt St Helens

Today was bittersweet.  We are anxious to begin our journey down the Pacific Coast but sad to say goodbye to Kylanne.  The day began much the same.  Very gloomy. 

Our View from the Bremerton Fairfield Inn

Our first stop was Mount Saint Helens.  It certainly puts God's creation into perspective.  On May 18, 1980 the eruption of Mt. Saint Helens devistated the lives of 1000's of people and forever changed the landscape of the area.  While doing so, it offers scientific evidence of how quickly change in the geoligical make up of our world can occur.  And while so much may seem lost ,beauty is offered in the oddest ways. One of my purchases is a beautiful topaz blue gyastone necklace.  This stone sparkles and catches the eye from afar, yet it is created from some of the 540 million tons of ash that covered over 22,000 square miles after the eruption.  The ash is used for many different glass creations.  You can view the handblown ornaments at the Glass Eye Studio website.  30 years later and they still have ash!  We also visited the 7 Wonders Museum.  They carry an incredible selection of books that delve scientifically into proving creation at God's hand.



Look closely and you can see part of the bridge.

Next we meandered along the Columbia River to the coast.  In Oregon they chose to build bridges instead of utilizing ferries.  The bridges are everywhere and very long.  One might ask if economically this was a sound choice.  It seems that Washington has quite a market running their ferry service throught the Sound. 

Tonight we are at the Inn at Seaside.  Cute little town, but very busy even though we are "off season".  On the road again tomorrow...