Yeah, yeah, I'm impressed...

Indian Paint Brush-- A very wild flower.

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Then the clouds lifted just enough...

Hey! I'm here!

Searching for wildflowers...

Laura is taking pictures of the wildflowers growing along Johnston Ridge---around 4400 ft. or about 1340 meters above sea level.  You can still see the remains of trees blown over by the Mt. St. Helens eruption 36 years ago.

Flamboyant Foxglove...

Come back in a few hundred years...

Looking into the Mt. St. Helens crater, you can see a new mountain top rising from the center-- Between the two outer edges.  The lava dome is presently nearly a thousand feet from the crater floor. 

Waiting for the shower...

Come out and play...

I'm right where you left me-- when you still knew how to play

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He's out for a walk...

But which way is he going?

Seeing double...

Posing for free...

The fee for posing...

...is two fish!

Quiet now...

Mt. St. Helens---36 years after the eruption blew the side and top off...

Bird condos amid the rhodies...

Standing in the light...

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Come on--- it's not going to rain...

Maybe I'll just sit here for a while...

Leaves, sunlight, just the sound of the creek...

Welcoming...

The retreating storm...

Listen carefully...

... you can still hear the kids at the old swimming hole.

Resting before his next song...

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Getting heavier every day...

How's this for peaceful!

No matter what...

...you are still loved.

Slow-- but with lots of style!

The clouds move east...

...except for some the mountain is keeping for herself.

Big and bigger...

The Coldwater Science and Learning Center, below Coldwater Peak--Near Mt. St. Helens.

Why does the goose cross the road?

It's too far to walk around...

Sunshine and showers...

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