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

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@williamfay3452 Год назад

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.

@Queenskid19 2 месяца назад

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

@James-mz7tv 2 месяца назад

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.

@giantmanice 2 месяца назад

@@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?

@kixigvak 2 месяца назад

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.

@shyyanne 27 дней назад

That poor lake was so full of the mountain, at that point, they probably really did think it was gone!

@warpeace8891 Год назад

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.

@jenniferconner7534 Год назад

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!!!

@sheilaathay2034 2 месяца назад

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

@cherylm9770 2 месяца назад

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 😢

@sheilaathay2034 2 месяца назад

@@cherylm9770 Cispus was great! My church group went there . Great memories🥲☺️

@cherylm9770 2 месяца назад

@@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

Месяц назад

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.

@katherinekinnaird7522 Год назад

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

@dignabalcunas8361 Год назад

And thanks to ghost 10 too

@DJDEB21 Год назад

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

@stevewarren5386 Год назад

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.

@SteveSmith-lo2wd Год назад

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.

@davemi00 Год назад

@@SteveSmith-lo2wd Ha! Aunt Ethel rip.

@cynthiaczornij2319 Год назад

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.

@patriciatatu4600 Год назад

Watched video today. No, there are no Grizzly bears in Washington State. Please do research before making statements of fact.

@patriciatatu4600 Год назад

My comment should have said, in that part of Washington State. There are bears (around 10) in the North Cascades.

@lawoull.6581 2 месяца назад

@@patriciatatu4600happy 2025🎉

@pamlongwhite4747 Год назад

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.

@chrise842 Год назад

Yeah, there's way too much alarmism in everything. The goal is neofeudalism. Ecofascist measures are the easiest way to get there

@Helga____ Год назад

@Pam Longwhite I couldn't have said it better 😊

@KellySedinger Год назад

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.

@jenniferconner7534 Год назад

You can still see the top of his A frame house. The rest is covered and buried after the blast.

@mikestanley9176 Год назад

I also lived in Hilsboro in 1980.

@kcee8438 Год назад

@@jenniferconner7534 The A frame isn't his house. His lodge was on the lake, buried in the massive slide off the mountain.

@Errr717 Год назад

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.

@dicktipton5912 Год назад

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.

@lightwavz Год назад

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!

@muxpux Год назад

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”.

@TheStabbyMedic 2 месяца назад

I thought it was. I was like there was no way that was fog.

@andreaparksfiske121 2 месяца назад

Yah the color of the light is wrong for marine layer.

@heofthesquarebum Год назад

I thought the Hoover Dam was going to be the highlight of your epic vacation but this video has changed my mind. Incredible!

@LD__ Год назад

💯

@chrise842 Год назад

It's the ground zero for disproving big bang and Darwin inspired geology

@wildalbalass4867 Год назад

@@chrise842 😂

@chrise842 Год назад

@@wildalbalass4867 what is the funny part? Educate yourself about Mt. St Helens geology debates.

@reanbowlerd5988 Год назад

@@chrise842 😂

@keyper555 Год назад

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.

@hadrianwall9157 9 дней назад

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?

@danjberg Год назад

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. ;-)

@shewolf2584 Год назад

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.

@nancyharris Год назад

I grew up at kid valley

@nancyharris Год назад

I grew up at kid valley

@charlesmullins3238 2 месяца назад

I saw one in a vid interviewing harry truman…

@James-mz7tv 2 месяца назад

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.

@junkjournalmama8826 Год назад

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 🤘❤️

@salvatorecollura2692 6 месяцев назад

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.

@carolkelly7 8 месяцев назад

I'm really surprised that the logs have not been systematically removed for use as kindling or something similar. Even drift wood sculptures!!!😊

@allisonlamb6478 Год назад

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!!

@sdean1978 Год назад

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.

@shirleydickey6140 Год назад

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 RU-vid. Thank you from a disabled old gal whose incredibly grateful to enjoy these fantastic journeys. ❤❤❤from Michigan

@laswan5 2 месяца назад

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.

@terencem8795 Год назад

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.✌️

@artrn66 Год назад

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!

@fredb1973 Год назад

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👍.

@annahasty7191 Год назад

Thank you for helping the kittens. Another fascinating adventure. Well done! ❤😎👏

@susanhays5691 Год назад

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. ❤️

@NancyHafler Год назад

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!

@attwooda4655 Год назад

That was an amazing adventure, the scenery was awesome. Thank you so much for taking us with you, love from England x

@rainstorm_jo Год назад

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.

@martinstuvland8620 Год назад

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.

@chrise842 Год назад

And it actually questions mainstream geology in so many ways!

@martinstuvland8620 Год назад

@@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 :).

@chrise842 Год назад

@@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.

@martinstuvland8620 Год назад

@@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.

@JeffStewart78.. Год назад

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.

@charlesblack2523 Год назад

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 👍🏼

@listenstoflowers7277 Год назад

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.

@Thetimecapsuletx Год назад

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!

@wildalbalass4867 Год назад

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)

@fransinyard891 Год назад

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

@misterhipster9509 7 месяцев назад

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.

@glenbo2464 Год назад

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 !

@2212db Год назад

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.

@BeeHus2256 2 месяца назад

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.

@NickHunter27 Год назад

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!

@RobertLBarnard Год назад

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.

@chrisstott4100 Год назад

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. :-)

@carolineharrington8479 Год назад

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 ❤️

@chrise842 Год назад

Yeah, alarmism is very unscientific and a power grab in a neofeudalist economic war against the rest of humanity

@gordygroover Год назад

The people that died were outside the designated blast zone. They broke no laws or rules.

@TheAislynnRose 2 месяца назад

@@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.

@jengirl2 Год назад

What an amazing place! That trail down to the lake and the lake itself with the floating logs…awesome. And an eagle!

@fianorian Год назад

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.

@kandn420 Год назад

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.

@terencem8795 Год назад

This place is now on my bucket list. Thanks for taking us along Post.

@janeraymond5214 Год назад

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.

@cataniamommaitalia87 Год назад

I still have an old pill bottle full of ash from Mt St Helen's. I was in junior high when she blew, all we seen in the sky in Spokane, Washington was the most beautiful violet cloud. It was massive! With every color of purple you could imagine...and then it opened up and ash began falling by the bucket fulls.

@antoinettemarie-stautertri4010 Год назад

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

@elizabethturel78 Год назад

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.😁

@dianeiverson3727 Год назад

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.

@ffrreeddyy123456 Год назад

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💛

@kieran6417 Год назад

Absolutely beautiful I hope I can travel the USA one day

@LilyGazou Год назад

Go for it.

@kvltizt Год назад

We have nice geography here!

@hotzyglock Год назад

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.

@dwightdavis9851 8 месяцев назад

Thank you for showing us where Harry Truman's lodge once stood.

@Sonny_Sideup Год назад

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!

@WestCoastWheelman Год назад

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.

@jasonbrady5664 Год назад

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.

@RyanKlapperich Год назад

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!

@tristinweaver4105 Год назад

Love the videos. At 16.:35 the one strip of tress that hill was on fire 2 weeks ago. 40 acres burned.

@vickieshrader2550 Год назад

Post, these videos are epic! Each one gets better than the last. Thank you for taking us along on your adventures.😀

@clairefunnell8481 Год назад

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.

@1stsummernites Год назад

Your grand kids will get so much joy from watching your life 😍

@Bobby-Love Год назад

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.

@tbgr4u Год назад

this is an awesome adventure! thanks for taking us along. love your videos brother!

@jeffries1232 Год назад

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

@MarkSutphin Год назад

Thank you very much for this amazing journey!!! Appreciate you detailing everything you encountered!

@patbarlen2764 Год назад

Thanks for the tour. I remember when it blew, I could see the ash cloud from my front porch. So much power.

@ConspiracyPrime Год назад

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.

@rainstorm_jo Год назад

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 😂

@LilyGazou Год назад

@@rainstorm_jo you gotta go!!!!

@tuputoamo5582 Год назад

I will cheack it out guys thanks

@sweeterthanlychee Год назад

I’ve been to the hoh rainforest over there…. One of the best places I’ve ever traveled to

@pittbulldawg9345 Год назад

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

@ASilverLining60 Год назад

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.

@markmcculloch4459 Год назад

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

@SHADOW-ke6xz Год назад

Noone can say you don't live life my friend. Great videos.

@normajeanhedlund7429 Год назад

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.

@ALLLL4him Год назад

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. 😊

@robg7656 Год назад

Bigfoot indicator , lol I’m going to kick back and watch your video my friend, trying to relax been nerves to much thanks for this

@Jannie227 Год назад

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.

@awake1251 Год назад

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 ✊

@chrise842 Год назад

Nature is way more resilient than you paint it. Mt. St. Helens is the best proof for that on so many levels.

@wildalbalass4867 Год назад

@@chrise842 Indeed but he has a point. We have 9/10,000 saplings. We had to tread carefully for a while.

@MissScrappy Год назад

Your videos just keep getting more and more fascinating. You have such an interesting life, thank you for including us.❤❤

@petergardner5002 Год назад

Loving the travel videos . So much to see in the USA.

@noyopacific Год назад

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.

@lauraulnye6857 Год назад

Was still living in Colorado when it happened and moved to Oregon in 81/82. The ash blanketed everything in Colorado like a thin layer of grey snow.

@CC-df3xy Год назад

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.

@donevans1884 Год назад

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 .

@chrise842 Год назад

Look for alternative geology! A lot is centered around this mountain which is a life laboratory for questioning things how they're taught.

@stormwatch7245 Год назад

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 ❤️

@johnreid895 Год назад

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....

@xaviarthunders4894 Год назад

The remaining rows of trees are also kept to reduce wind erosion of the topsoil.

@karlpottie7399 Год назад

Thanks for taking us on another amazing trip. How do you find the time to do all of this?

@rizdalegend Год назад

Because RU-vid pays him!

@g2theb584 Год назад

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!

@georgesmith8113 Год назад

Awesome scenery and you’re a great tour guide Post!! Thanks so much!! 👍👍👍👊😎

@SpeedZ69 Год назад

I think this place is very beautiful.

@mariemiller456 Год назад

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.

@TroyOttosen-jg7tt 2 месяца назад

What part of you doesn’t get, get a life! Punk! Go eat some more granola!😳

@chrishall8803 2 месяца назад

😂😂

@leocroker5873 Год назад

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

@jupiter6647 Год назад

Really good job sir, I'm a 56 yo. Nature boy , your enthusiasm is to be commended. I'm proud of you. 😎👍

@Lookinthemirror Год назад

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.

@Itiswhatitis55 2 месяца назад

You did an excellent job on this video! I have been binge watching various videos on Mt. St. Helens and this one is incredible!

@allanpeters4403 Год назад

Thank you so much for these trips - really appreciate them!!!!

@christopherwoods5150 Год назад

I just watched the Lake Shasta video, so I'll watch this one later, but what a nature ambassador, thanks for doing these. I was living in Pierce County, south of Roy. when it went off, and luckily, the only impact we got 80 miles away was about 1 inch of ash at any given time. Hearing about people effected by the Toutle River lahar was pretty close to home; all the "never leaving" goobers got what was coming, imo. I was sad to hear about the science hikers, and the photographer. We had a little league game where it went off 3 times, and as everyone was leaving, the 3 plumes were visible wafting across the sky. Lots less pics of kids' baseball that day, lol. I don't live in the area anymore, but I have concerns that Mt Rainier has been wiggling a bit more than before.