Walking On Thousands Of Floating Logs At Spirit Lake At Mt St Helens
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- I wrote in the video if you want to know what happened with the cats to come to the description well here is the explanation. after we visited the west side of Mount St Helens we were on our way to the east side where Spirit Lake is to do the following day and just an hour before getting dark we saw a little orange cat on the side of the road and decided to stop. the cat was obviously in distress and meowing like crazy there was another cat also. the orange cat was very easy to catch and we put it in the car later discovering it made a little poop. there was a second cat that was gray and it was a real pain to get it. it was walking around underneath pricker bushes and eventually used a small culvert pipe to run underneath the road. it seemed to be very familiar with the culvert pipe maybe it lived there for the few days it was there. after about an hour of the gray cat was caught. we called 911 because it was a weekend and no animal shelter in the area was open. the dispatcher said they would send somebody out. after about an hour nobody had showed up so I called back again and they were very mad at me because supposedly they tried calling me but I didn't pick up. [ I always use my cell phone as camera number two so I always leave the ringer off, I didn't expect anybody to call since they said somebody was going to come out]. even though they told me they were going to send somebody out they never did and the person was very rude and unprofessional on the phone but eventually they sent somebody out. they were unable to take the cats, the police department is not allowed to and they said that we would have to take them to a shelter on Monday if we wanted to help. a passerbyer that asked us what we were doing 1 hour prior came back and decided to keep the cats as their own. problem solved. there was also a box of at least four dead kittens, it's unclear if they were dumped dead or died in the heat unable to get out of the box like the others, the Box wasn't clicked shut but they are only kittens and may not have been smart enough to open it like the other two. the sheriff who did show up said she would send out the dot to pick up the dead cats on Monday. this was a very rural road between a bunch of farms and far away from any building so if that cat didn't come near the road it's unlikely anybody would have ever found them. it always pays to stop when you see something that might be wrong. thanks for watching
I went to summer camp on Spirit Lake in the 76-77 time frame. In the video you are walking on logs not far from the camp. Hard to fathom the idea that the place I loved so much was just erased. After the eruption I recall a person in a helicopter reporting from the air that "Spirit Lake is gone". Not true but certainly stripped of its former beauty. I have traveled the world and been to 48 States, including Alaska, and I still think Spirit lake was one of the most beautiful places on earth. I will never forget canoeing from camp to Bear Cove. Paradise for a 15 year old boy.
I agree 100% i think this was one of the most beautiful places before the eruption. The lake is like a couple hundred feet higher
I'm similarly traveled, not a much and not to where I imagine some of the most beautiful places are, but rest assured Mt. St. Helens prior to 1980 was without rival. It's breathtakingly perfect.
Part of me is somewhat glad that Spirit Lake and Truman and that whole window into the Washington State of yesterday did not have to endure all the changes and the massive population influx that certainly would've shaped things in the decades to come had it not been erased. I mean... definitely wish it was still there, but it was an act of god, what could be done? It'll be back eventually, even the shape of the mountain should return in due time, well after we are dust in the soil, but still, barring another eruption that further destroys the hillside, one day it'll be a conical beauty in an evergreen forest once more.
@@James-mz7tv As a young local to the area and outdoor enthusiast, I really feel like I missed out on the prime spirit lake, is there anything today even comparable in your opinion? Mt Baker maybe?
My dad was the camp physician when he was in medical school, just before WW2. After the eruption he said he always planned to go back and visit, and now it was gone. He also said he couldn't understand how they could interview Harry Truman, as back in the old days every other word was an obscenity.
That poor lake was so full of the mountain, at that point, they probably really did think it was gone!
I live in Longview right on the Cowlitz River. We experienced so many trees floating down the river. Spirit Lake was a beautiful place to camp and enjoy the outdoors with Mt St Helens in the background before 5/8/1980. The landscape has changed but mother nature is bring it back to its beauty. Weyerhaeuser owned much of the surrounding land. As 5th graders, we got to plant trees on the mountain. Those are the signs you see with the dates as you travel up to Johnsons Ridge. Thank you for enjoying my home!!!
Hi! I was from Longview too. It was incredible wasn't it. I was crossing the bridge over the Cowlitz just as the cabins came crashing and took the bridge out. We barely made it back over to Longview. I was at the fairgrounds at the rodeo. You know, I haven't been up to the mountain yet. I moved away in 85. It's so sad
Me too, Longview. It was horrible for the Cowlitz River. I was terrified as a child when it Blew ! I had Just Returned from Cispus Camp (last group). I'm glad we survived. RIP Harry Truman 😢
@@cherylm9770 Cispus was great! My church group went there . Great memories🥲☺️
@@sheilaathay2034 , yes it was. So many memories. Many years later in my late 20's, I went back to the Camp. It's much different than we remember. They had adventure courses to test yourself. It was fun. But, my memories are best remembered from our week long stay in the cabins. I'm happy that you have many Fond Memories as well. Have a Great Day
I still live right on Spirit Lake Highway, also known as State Route 504. This is one of the best motorcycling roads in the state. Beautiful corners and magnificent scenery. Unfortunately a winter mudslide ripped out the highway and all utilities a year or two ago a mile or so below the volcanic monument. I think it will be closed for another year. Too bad, as it brings a lot of tourist dollars in every summer.
These tourism videos are OUTSTANDING in content and information. There are so many aspects you are getting right. You capture the human experience interacting with environment that many tourists look for. You have a gift for it and I appreciate you sharing.
Well... except for the ludicrous comment about 600 feet of ash.
If you bought that, I've got some oceanfront property I'd like to sell you.
@@bryanhoppe1481 - Being imperfect is a defining trait of humans. What species are you?
I lived in Lacey just outside of Olympia until just before Mount St Helens blew up I remember what it looked like before it's so different now. I miss the rain and the fog. Well bless your heart for helping the kitties ♥️ One of your best videos. So many places you have shared on this trip are places I grew up visiting in summers or lived in. Great memories. Thank you Post 10
And thanks to ghost 10 too
I still live in the area, Renton. I remember the day it blew. My relatives on the East side of the mountains were hit with so much ash. It looked like a snow storm had hit after the ash, but instead of white it was grey/brown. We couldn't get over to Ellensburg to see them for quite awhile because of the ash. Sad day
I live in Olympia and spent a lot of time around St. Helens both before and after it blew. I climbed her in '78 and met old Harry Truman, watched it erupt and was fortunate enough to fly into and land in the crater in a helicopter with the USGS. Thank you for posting this.
I love that part of the country. I have pictures of my mom shoveling ash with a snow shovel. We still have ashes in a jar. As a joke we tell folks it is aunt Ethel.
@@SteveSmith-lo2wd Ha! Aunt Ethel rip.
This is great - I get to travel without leaving my home! Wonderful places and such history. And, thank you for having a caring heart to stop and help the innocent kittens get rescued.
Watched video today. No, there are no Grizzly bears in Washington State. Please do research before making statements of fact.
My comment should have said, in that part of Washington State. There are bears (around 10) in the North Cascades.
@@patriciatatu4600happy 2025🎉
My family and I lived in Hillsboro, OR in 1980, about 90 miles south of Mt. St. Helens. I remember the eruption very well--the mountain had been "outgassing" for a month or two, and then on May 18, THIS happened. It was a stunning day. Luckily we were not downwind of it that day, though some smaller eruptions later that spring and summer DID give us ash to deal with. One staggering factoid about Spirit Lake is that its bottom is now higher, elevation-wise, than its surface was before the May 18, 1980 blast. I also remember seeing Harry R. Truman, a local who owned a resort on Spirit Lake, interviewed on local news stations for his refusal to evacuate the mountain. Just an astonishing event to live through.
You can still see the top of his A frame house. The rest is covered and buried after the blast.
I also lived in Hilsboro in 1980.
@@jenniferconner7534 The A frame isn't his house. His lodge was on the lake, buried in the massive slide off the mountain.
We were you neighbors ... we lived in Aloha. I remember the old cudger being interviewed almost on a daily basis by the local TV stations. He was determined to stay put.
I remember the morning it erupted; I came out to get ready for a trip to the coast and when I opened the garage door and looked up it had already been spewing ash for several minutes. We stuck around for a little while to watch and take pictures before we left for the beach.
On our return the TV was showing their newsman in Yakima in the middle of the day except it was dark because of all the ashes. It was like falling snow except it was dark gray.
The wind blew our way 2 or 3 times but it was enough to mess us up with ash. I remember a lot of the gutters on houses couldn't handle the weight of the ash even though we only got 3 inches the first time. The ash on the ground lingered for a long time and since my son and I were allergic to dust we had to move to California.
We got lots of ash dropped into the Yakima valley in wa and it's helped the farmers, especially apple farmers. It didnt help the year it happened but now we have a 3-6" ash layer that has lots of nutrients in it.
You are exactly right about pulp wood. Weyerhaeuser is a paper company. I visited there for the 25th anniversary of the eruption. The sides of the facing slopes still looked like matchsticks all laying on the ground. It looks great now! Thanks for the visit!
Amazing to see Mt St Helens after all this time. I'm astounded at the way the forests have come back so healthy. Thanks for taking us along with you on this wonderful excursion.
Yeah, there's way too much alarmism in everything. The goal is neofeudalism.
Ecofascist measures are the easiest way to get there
@Pam Longwhite I couldn't have said it better 😊
Great video Post - I grew up in Ariel WA on the southwest side of Mt St Helens - 20 miles from the summit on the Lewis River. I remember the morning of May 18, 1980 very well. I was wondering what was on (the four TV channels we could receive) at 8:30 AM on a Sunday (not much..) and happened to glance out the dining room windows to the east and said "Wow - that's a weird looking cloud." The sky to the east was completely black. We got out the binoculars, figured out what it was and then just sat in our front yard and watched it all day - rolling with the constant small earthquakes. Late that evening Pacific Power brought in a helicopter to take my Dad up to Swift Dam which sits due south of the mountain to check on the power plant. Mom was not happy about this and threatened the pilot with bodily harm if he didn't bring my Dad back intact and alive. (Sounds funny now but she was deadly serious then.) We didn't get any ash that day - it all went east - but got covered with wet ash a week later with the next eruption. It looked like someone had sprayed everything with a 1/2" layer of wet cement.
BTW - that was really foolish to get out on those logs. One wrong roll and you could have been crushed or trapped underwater. (My brothers and I used to log roll on the boom that marked the edge of the swimming area on Lake Merwin by the dam. That was dangerous enough with a single string of logs.) And oh yeah - growing up there, I used to build and then destroy dams on the creeks near the house that fed into the river. Guess living less than 1/4 mile from a 300' concrete arch dam for 10 years had some influence and explains why I watch your channel. ;-)
I thought the Hoover Dam was going to be the highlight of your epic vacation but this video has changed my mind. Incredible!
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It's the ground zero for disproving big bang and Darwin inspired geology
@@chrise842 😂
@@wildalbalass4867 what is the funny part?
Educate yourself about Mt. St Helens geology debates.
@@chrise842 😂
That little gas station was Grandma Josephine's store when I was a kid, there used to be a restaurant next to it called The Burger Bar, that my step mom worked at and it had small cabin's around and behind it that where rented out. Grandma Josephine had a self playing piano in the store and she had a pet raccoon and a crow that talked. 😆 She was a cool old gal and her husband was a sweet heart that always gave us candy.
I grew up at kid valley
I grew up at kid valley
I saw one in a vid interviewing harry truman…
I love these anecdotes. Washington is still great, but it's changed a lot here and the population had about quintupled since those days, or so it feels. The Cowlitz & Toutle have been largely spared the headache of change in some ways, obviously not in others. We just need Rainier to start coughing a bit to send a few hundred thousand or more back to wherever they've arrived from.
My father was a hobby prospector and gold panner and was planning to go up to St. Helens by Randle on May 18th to do a little panning, something told him not to and he decided against it, he always had this kinda 6th sense about him. We lived in Olympia and I remember hearing the mountain blow that morning, just about the time he would have been getting ready to pan his first sample. The ash started to fall like snowat our place by Black Lake, we didn't get alot but enough to coat everything about a half inch deep. I remember my dad saying he was glad he listened to that lil voice and didn't go up there that day, so was I. I waited seven years before going up there to see the devastation, it was like nothing you could have imagined, huge trees looked like someone had taken their hand and just whacked them off at the bases with a huge sideways slice, these trees had to be 3 to 5 ft in diameter, and all laid like pickup sticks in rows from the blast direction went as it swept down through the valleys, we hiked up to a ridge overlooking what was once Spirit lake and it was moved way higher up the valley than before, and it was just solid trees across the water, you could not see any water except on the shores. Simply amazing and unbelievable destruction, I will never forget those scenes as long as I live, I was in my early 20's at that time, I am now 63 and it seems like just yesterday, I own a copy of the movie St. Helens with Art Carney, and I watch it from time to time, always makes my hair on my neck stand on end just before it blows, and the music they used was perfect for that movie, so ominous and suspenseful lol.
He was going to go pan with the whole area closed off and the threat of an eruption that had been going on for months?
I work up there. That was indeed wildfire smoke. You don’t smell it when it’s that light. We had several fires burning nearby a lot of the summer, and haze was constant. The fog off the ocean doesn’t typically reach this far inland, the valley floor down in front of Johnston ridge is nearly 3,000 feet in elevation.
Also, just a couple weeks ago, there was a fire on that clearcut you passed that had the single strip of trees. Some hunters started a fire and it burned the debris. The fire made it to the stand of trees, but they didn’t burn. Look up the “pulled creek fire”.
I thought it was. I was like there was no way that was fog.
Yah the color of the light is wrong for marine layer.
Really impressive the way you read the environment and provide your listeners with education. Always wondered what Spirit Lake looked like up close with all the trees. I visited Mt. St. Helens the summer of 2001. Thanks for sharing, great work!!
I have to say, you have taken me to places I would never be able to appreciate given my limited understanding of the forests and I am glued to outstanding vistas and thoughtful narration that informs me in a way I learn something that is both fascinating and interesting. Post 10 your vast knowledge and experience should be commemorated by RUclips. Thank you from a disabled old gal whose incredibly grateful to enjoy these fantastic journeys.
❤❤❤from Michigan
I'm really surprised that the logs have not been systematically removed for use as kindling or something similar. Even drift wood sculptures!!!😊
The power of the eruption and how it changed such a wide swath of landscape, is absolutely jaw dropping. Thanks again for taking us along Post.✌️
It may seem dry because of the volcanic soil but it is a very rainy place. It’s always interesting to hear non-PNW folks refer to the local evergreens as ‘pines.’ Very few pines are actually around until you get to the east side of the Cascades. Fir, cedar, hemlock, spruce, and further south redwood & sequoia, dominate the northwestern coastal slope of North America.
Absolutely awesome video! But those poor baby kittens, I hope they turned out ok! Your childlike enthusiasm for everything is adorable Post, but your intelligence and attention to every little detail is fascinating! My favorite channel forever 🤘❤️
Thank you for taking us with you! Such a beautiful area! Really enjoy hearing all about the area in not only this video but all of them! Looking forward to more!
Thank you for this most awesome post on Mt. St. Helen's. It's fascinating to see how nature can heal itself after such a destructive, fierce event. I remember when it happened and the ashfall where I lived. The sky turned a yellowish color and the ash fell like thick rain. The visibility was zero! Do not want to live through a repeat of that. Thanks again. post 10. My favorite so far. ❤️
Thank you for helping the kittens. Another fascinating adventure. Well done! ❤😎👏
Maybe the reason the forest is doing so well, possibly the ash from the volcano is a great fertilizer... Thanks for the video. I can't get over all those trees just floating in the lake, must've been a sight being there in person. Keep up the great job Post and as always be safe and have a great day👍.
Your attention to detail and the urge to transfer every possible information to your viewers is magnificent. Thanks.
This was fascinating. You did a great job pointing relevant stuff out and drawing the watcher’s attention to noteworthy things. Great information and kept my attention the whole time. I’m stuck in bed with COVID, and all I want to do is go for a hike in the woods. This helped quell my cabin fever immensely. Thank you. Also, thanks for saving the kitten. Love good humans.
The BEST video I've seen of this devastation and recovery. You really deserve an award! Thank you so much for sharing. Schools should show this video. It's very educational.
Those freeze dried pebbles are pumice from the volcanic eruption. I love how detailed you are in all your videos. Your knowledge is amazing! I took a shot of that “friend” on the log so I can identify it. Very cool!
That was an amazing adventure, the scenery was awesome. Thank you so much for taking us with you, love from England x
If you ever visit the United States, Washington State is the place to go. SO many beautiful places... our old growth forests, the coast, of course the mountains too.
I don't understand.....As much as I have enjoyed, and looked forward to, each unclogging episode (even the spiders), this video is absolutely wonderful, my new favorite!! Thank you for taking us along!
Thank you SOOOO much for taking us along with you to see this beautiful place! Ive always wanted to see it but live too far away but because of you Ive seen it! Your awesome! Much love from Henderson Ga
I visited the Mt St Helen's area in 2001 for the first time and I remember the total shock I felt seeing the scarred land and devastation still clearly visible 21 years later. Go yo the lodge and museum and to the overlook area. It's incredible and awe-inspiring to see. I also remember watching Weyerhauser people out planting new pines everywhere.
This video was amazing. I've seen a few documentaries on Mt St Helens. But this was very informative and shows a lot of the stuff I didn't know about. Thank you for sharing. I can't travel and these videos showing parts of the USA are very cool.
What an amazing place! That trail down to the lake and the lake itself with the floating logs…awesome. And an eagle!
Really interesting and fascinating to hear about how everything connected together with how the log lake came to be! Few people actually care enough to submerge themselves in the history to be able to actually make that explanation and connection. Thank you.
And it actually questions mainstream geology in so many ways!
@@chrise842 Well. To be fair, I do think post read the history of it from the museum. And simply passed it on. So I imagine it actually is "mainstream" geology. Even though I would call it fairly advanced! However I imagine very few people are interested enough in it to articulate it in this good of a way. Though you might be thinking of something completely different when saying mainstream :).
@@martinstuvland8620 Yeah, I mean slow long term darwinian geology vs. catastrophic geology.
All the tree bark collecting below in the water or upright trees going through several layers now explain a lot more fossils.
But under a different paradigm.
@@chrise842 Still not sure which one you're suggesting is mainstream. To me those are two completely different types of geologies. Not saying anything's wrong. Just different types with different parameters. For example, I was thinking of topological geology when making my original comment. Which I imagine is what post also was referring to. And what you mean when you say "catastrophic" :). Imagine the Darwinian is the mainstream one. Hopefully I got you right.
That was very beautiful country. The bleached drift wood was amazing. That stuff would be great for aquariums or terrariums. I don't get out much these days I really enjoy your videos THANK YOU so very much 👍🏼
Fascinating watch!
That moss, we call beard lichens. It only grows where the air is pristine clean!
We also call that sea mist a Harr.
I know a fair bit about what happened but it’s excellent that you took us back there to show how things are now. A first.
I am surprised the log mat isn’t more rotted for 43 years.
Love those stairs ( have given me an idea about making stairs like these )
Are the ‘pebbles’ pumice?
We have so many Canadian Geese coming to Scotland they are now regarded as a pest. We have issues Mink too and Crayfish.
Love to you n yours and everyone watching,
Very Many thanks 🏴
Thoughts with the families of the 57 people who died
( 6,000 animals died too)
So interesting! Thank you for sharing your little expedition. The distances & scale of the Western states is truly awesome.
I remember the days leading up to the eruption, the day of, and months afterwards. I remember the story of Harry Truman, the stubborn man who chose to stay in his home because that was where his life was.
I remember the geologist, too close, who reported back with his last words of the eruption.
I have not been to Mt Saint Helens since the 90s. Interesting how the landscape has changed. The building still looks the same. I remember that walk way you were on in the beginning. It was so cool.
Post! What can i say.... this is another fantastic video! I just discover Another part of the U.S. thanks to you! thank you very much post for helping the kittens! You have a gold heart! You help people unblocking the culverts, showing to people like me nice places in your country and of course tiny animals who don't have anybody who speak for them! Cheers and god bless you! I hope to see another video!
Post, thanks for taking us along on another great adventure! It was interesting to see what it looks like around Mount St. Helens now. I can't believe all those trees are still floating in the lake. Glad you didn't fall in! The pictures at the end were great!I like the one where you were sitting down surrounded by the trees. I am happy there was one kitten you saved. You the Man! Some of us were alive when MSH erupted. :-)
Its pretty cool that you went out there, that people still go to learn about her.
I had family out there in Vancouver so I remember how she was before. Its such a shame that she blew, she was such a majestic entity.
I remember the blast back on the day. I was worried about the people who lived near here. Can't remember how many people perished bcz they didn't hede the warnings. Your video shows how mother nature can repair itself. Thanks for taking us on your journey. BEAUTIFUL ❤️
Yeah, alarmism is very unscientific and a power grab in a neofeudalist economic war against the rest of humanity
The people that died were outside the designated blast zone. They broke no laws or rules.
@@gordygrooverSome were and some weren't. Only one scientist expected the sideways blast and he perished trying to document to prove it. He had warned but no one listened. No scientist had seen a sideways blast, so he was over ruled. So yes, some died due to this. There were some that would not leave, and there were some that when it didn't erupt right away, insisted on going back to their houses. I'm sorry but a buldge growing 5 ft per day would be a great warning sign to anyone. I would be getting the hell out. But don't know if that was disimulated to the public, outside of the scientific community and the government. People want to live their lives and can only be put on hold so long.
Loved the video of spirit lake, the dead tree wood in the water and on the beach was beautiful.
It looked like a long hike. Thx for taking us.
I remember when Mt St Helens erupted but I didn't pay too much attention to the news at that time. I had no idea Spirit Lake existed, or about all the tree trunks floating on it. It's good to see it now, I really love the look of the smaller logs/branches now they're weathered and worn smooth.
I was fortunate as a youngster to experience Spirt Lake in the early 60's. Even as kid, I was awed by the size of the old growth trees. I will keep precious memories of the mountain image reflected in the lake to the end. It's very difficult to see what changed with the eruption. Nature can be very cruel.
I remember when it blew up. I was just a kid and living in Kent Washington. You could see the huge plume of ash in the air from miles away. Stores were selling masks. I even still have a test tube full of actual ash from the eruption !
This place is now on my bucket list. Thanks for taking us along Post.
Once again, thank you for a beautiful adventure! Once upon a time I would've been able to visit places and explore like this. Physical disabilities are cruel to an adventurous soul, but you give me all the fun and beauty of our country ❤️ thank you
So glad you got to come visit The Evergreen State! We’ve got some beautiful spots and it’s cool to see your appreciation for a few of them.
Wow. Living in the state of WA and I had no idea Spirit Lake was still that congested with the fallen trees from the eruption. Thanks for sharing your adventures.
Post 10, thank you for this video. It was like a casual while in depth documentary. Some of us will never see these areas. You took the wife and myself and no doubt 1000's of other viewers to Mt. St. Helena. Thank you for taking us all along on your trip to the western U.S. It's hard work for you guys but we enjoy your videos. Hope you guys do another Q&A.
You’re in my backyard! I haven’t ever thought I’d see you around here. I wish I coulda ran into you randomly as you passed through. Cheers Post💛
I remember this event. Amazing to see what happened and all the erosion. Fascinating Postie. I don't think I have ever seen anyone else do a video about this mountain. Pretty impressive. Really awesome view of the lake. What a great adventure.
Post, these videos are epic! Each one gets better than the last. Thank you for taking us along on your adventures.😀
Thank you for yet another brilliant tour of an area that I've heard so much about, but had no idea what it looks like today before your footages. It's all the little details that you include that make your videos so interesting, fascinating, and entertaining. Wonderful!
Thank you very much for this amazing journey!!! Appreciate you detailing everything you encountered!
Remember the explosion very well. It was quite a sight from our Damascus hillside.🤯 Regarding kittens. That’s how we got all our barn cats. Why do people think kittens dumped in a rural area are going to become raccoons and live in the wild?? Idiots! So cruel! We had to take them to the vet, get shots/deworm/spay/ neuter.🤑Thank you for sharing your hiking trip! 🤗 I can’t do it anymore. BTW, believe most of the trees destroyed were fir trees, Not pine.😁
Post 10 does us Australians a nice entertaining service showing us the landscape and interesting places .Been on this channel for a few years now its pleasant.The drain blocks are fun to watch btw
I just wish i could beam down to Spirit Lake right now and take a look around .I just love the wilds of nature .Thank you mate for your vids
Thanks for the tour. I remember when it blew, I could see the ash cloud from my front porch. So much power.
I can shed light on a couple of things you saw. First off, the little lightweight pebbles you found near the lake are pieces of pumice created during the eruption. It's lava that cooled very quickly, trapping the gasses the lava contained in little bubbles inside the rock. Pumice often floats because there's so many bubbles.
And the bent trees grow sideways because the ground slid downhill. The part of the tree growing sideways was originally growing vertically. Then the ground the tree was on slid, turning the tree sideways. Then, since trees grow from their tips, the tips grow vertically again, creating the bend in the tree.
Love the videos, you went to so many areas I would love to visit. Safe travels!
this is an awesome adventure! thanks for taking us along. love your videos brother!
Another lovely afternoon for me, following along with you through such beautiful and dynamic scenery. Please keep making these. Thank you so much for taking me to places I could never, otherwise go.
I was in a church service in Portland OR. The explosion happened during our singing (very noisy) so we didn’t hear the explosion. When the service ended, we then found it erupted because when we went outside to our cars, there was ash everywhere and coating our cars. There was NO color anywhere - everything was gray. It was like seeing the old B&W TV shows. We went up to the mountain some time later & saw miles of fallen trees. Barren mountains for miles. Spirit Lake was small and full of fallen trees. Much smaller than in your video. A couple years later, things were growing, mostly small plants. Thx for this video - nice to see things growing again.
Thank you so much for taking us there 😊
I was wondering for a long time how nature was doing in that area. It's heartwarming to see how everything is coming back
Absolutely beautiful I hope I can travel the USA one day
Go for it.
We have nice geography here!
I flew over Mount Saint Helen in 1980 just after the eruption and landslide. The pilot came on and announced it and then tilted the plane so that everybody could have a good view.
I love your enthusiasm wonderful journey , your love for the wilds and all its beauty shows through.
I am old now but seeing the trails through your camera and your joy, Peace and happy trails....
Thank you post 10 for bringing me on another trip through memory lane.i remember working on 5 corners and looking down over Husky stadium and could see the mushroom cloud.i was 17 almost 18 at the time
37:00 the machines logging those steep hills are called drag lines, and they are amazing. You can see the literal "drag lines" on the ground in that shot, all radiating from a central spot at the top of the hill. If you study freshly logged areas on Google Earth you can see the fan shaped patterns that can span several acres.
Noone can say you don't live life my friend. Great videos.
I just want to say a big thank you, Mt Saint Helen's was the first volcano I read about and it set off a lifetime love of volcanology, for many reasons I have never got to see it in the flesh and may never will, but it was so awesome to get a guided tour of the fantastic scenery around it, thank you for sharing your beautiful country with us
I traveled to Oregon back in July 2022 for a few days for business and wish I had spent more time to see these kind of sites. Living in NH, you don't see mountains like you do there. Beautiful area!
I clicked on this to make sure you knew not to walk on the smaller trees. Had me worried for a second, Post! But you’re smarter than that. Excellent video, thank you for taking us along ✊
Nature is way more resilient than you paint it.
Mt. St. Helens is the best proof for that on so many levels.
@@chrise842 Indeed but he has a point. We have 9/10,000 saplings. We had to tread carefully for a while.
My husband had me subscribe to you today so i can get a message to you from him. He appreciated you "taking him along" to Mount St Helen's with you. He is an older disabled trucker and he appreciates your adventures and respects you. (And that doesnt get given it is earned). But he is concerned about you and would feel better if you had a haversack with you. You can get them at Self Reliance Outfitters. Great quality and prices. Please carry one when you are on adventures like this. an MRE, emergency blanket. some form of shelter, just the basics in case. If you come over to our area, (Kettle Falls/Ferry County) let him (us) know and he would love to talk to you about the area. If he is able to walk very far he would like to show it to you.
I love this video, thank you so much! Wow the beauty and devastation of Mount St. Helen is just enormous. With your video, I'm now seeing perfectly clear the humongous crater and the bubble that's forming inside of it.
Fascinating to say the least. Thank you for sharing and chronicling this part of your journey.
If you're still in Washington, please visit the Olympic National Rainforest. They have 12 trees there that are the largest of their individual species in the world. Titans of the ancient tree world.
i think post is back home by now. but yeah the oly nat'l rainforest is definitely a must-see. I've lived in WA for almost 30 years and still haven't been there... shame i know 😂
@@rainstorm_jo you gotta go!!!!
I will cheack it out guys thanks
I’ve been to the hoh rainforest over there…. One of the best places I’ve ever traveled to
Loving the travel videos . So much to see in the USA.
Awesome scenery and you’re a great tour guide Post!!
Thanks so much!!
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thank you Post 10 for this in-depth tour of Mt St Helens area. Your commentary is right on, really appreciate it.
35:54 they more than likely use machines called yarders which is basically a winch system that they have tied to trees at the bottom and the top of where they're logging and they pull the logs up and down the hill to a more suitable location called a landing to be able to process the logs further or load them onto a truck
In western conifer forests trees 3-4 feet in diameter like the ones you saw are second-growth timber. Back when loggers were still cutting old growth timber the logs were even bigger. It was common for a single 7' diameter section of log to fill the bunks on a log trailer. Even bigger logs (up to 14' diameter) had to be hauled by rail and even split in quarters to fit between the bunks.
I do appreciate all of the Mt. St. Helen information you have shared with us. Good job!
What a fantastic exciting adventure at Mount St Helen's very good video such a beautiful place good scenery you must had a good trip Andrew south wales uk 👍 👌 😀 🇬🇧
you have done it again Post , the most interesting thin i have seen in a long time , i never even knew this existed , awesome video my friend , brilliant just brilliant .
Look for alternative geology!
A lot is centered around this mountain which is a life laboratory for questioning things how they're taught.
The remaining rows of trees are also kept to reduce wind erosion of the topsoil.
Your videos just keep getting more and more fascinating. You have such an interesting life, thank you for including us.❤❤
Post I only recently started to watch your videos and this one is definitely a treat. Love the narration as you goes thru the different areas. Thank you for making this video. It was a pleasure to watch.
Thanks for taking us on another amazing trip. How do you find the time to do all of this?
Because RUclips pays him!
Wow.. i live in WV.... have always had this same trip you're doing on my bucket list. Thank you soooo much. Its so awesome to see that others appreciate this kind of stuff ❤️
I was here in 1981, 5 days after the eruption and we could only get right to the road of the Toutle River and the Army Corp of Engineers had everything blocked. The damage was MASSIVE. You CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE the amount of destruction of the land. The thick flowing mud was amazing. It was May 23rd and I was on my Honeymoon.
You have probably figured this out by now, but these trees are not pine trees. You keep calling them pine trees even with a sign right in front of you telling you these are Fir trees. Both are conifers and both are evergreens but pine trees are grown in the south mostly with fir trees being planted in the Pacific North West. Noble Fir and Douglas Fir are the two main species planted and harvested here. Noble Fir tends to grow best at higher altitudes, Douglas Fir at lower levels. Douglas Fir and Western Red Cedar can grow to massive proportions if left unharvested for centuries.
I think this place is very beautiful.
Thank you for taking me along on your trip to Mt. St. Helens. I remember watching the news when it erupted. Scary stuff. Have a good holiday season.
The erosion piles you pointed out was from the LAHR. Also known as little grand canyon. Geologists have learned so much from this. Its made some question carbon dating and other stuff as well. Kinda cool. The logs in the lake are teaching us amazing things. One big thing is Pete moss. This is how coal is formed.
The paved logging roads are for recreation. Wa has a high number or hunters campers and snowmobilers. Paved roads get used a lot. Think some of reason is for safety. Harder to sink in to asphalt vs mud and clay. Its nice when us locals are out playing in the hills. 😊
What part of stay off the lake did u not understand? Walking the logs, going off the trail is prohibited. Tourists are the worst I swear. Glad u loved it but it's only beautiful because no one is allowed off the trails. No diffrent the the chic who walked up the steps to that pyramid last week. Ppl need to rember they are "company" where they site see so act like it.
What part of you doesn’t get, get a life! Punk! Go eat some more granola!😳
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Wow great video, I camped at spirit lake every year as a kid . I still remember the morning she blew… it was a devastating mess. I miss what spirit lake use to be. It was absolutely gorgeous… thanks for the trip around the mountain. I haven’t been back there in a long time …
You did an excellent job on this video! I have been binge watching various videos on Mt. St. Helens and this one is incredible!
Thank you so much for these trips - really appreciate them!!!!