Sledding on Mt. Rainier! Pics are HERE!
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
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Dog Days
It's been 1 year since Bones came to live with us!
Our Christmas dog continues to please.
Doug teaches Bones a new song.
And he still plays dead like nobody else.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Chambers Bay Hike
Here's us on the new Chambers Bay Bridge
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/09/16/1343433/bridge-to-the-beach-to-open.html
Bones sizes up the competition in the dog park. We declined due to size and possible muddiness (it was raining pretty good). But in the end he needed a bath anyway.
A tunnel gives a brief break from the rain. And a cool echo.
More from our Chambers Bay Hike
Bones gets wrapped up in a sweatshirt for the ride home, he was shivering.
The park area was really pretty, and had remnants of the old mining operation. This tunnel had a great echo to it.
Pioneer Sand and Gravel. The date is 1945. The date on the girl is 2004. :)
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
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Christmas with the Girl Scouts
Josie and the gals sung carols at the local retirement home.
They did a great job, and some of the residents even sang along!
Friday, December 10, 2010
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Flag Football Game 4 of 7...game time temperature, 39 degrees. Chance of precipitation...110%. See the photos HERE
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Where's the caves?
Even Dad can't find it.
While we keep looking, you can read up on the history of the caves...which are actually lava tubes...
The formation of Ape Cave marks an unusual period in Mount St. Helens’ eruptive history in that it is the only known basaltic eruption of the volcano. Eruptions of fluid basaltic lava, much like those in Hawaii, are rare occurrences in the Cascade Mountain Range. The Cascades usually erupt lava of a thicker consistency. When this type of magma is coupled with suspended gases, explosive eruptions tend to occur. The eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980, exemplifies this tendency.
About 2,000 years ago, fluid basaltic lava poured down the southern flank of the volcano. As the lava flowed, chunks of the lava’s surface cooled, crashed and fused together creating a hardened crust. In turn, the crust insulated the molten lava beneath, allowing it to remain fluid and travel down to the Lewis River Valley.
The hot flowing lava began melting into the pre-existing rock and soil. This thermal erosion deepened and widened the channel of the flow. The level of lava in the tube rose and fell as the eruption surged and slowed, contributing to the unique contours of the walls.
During this eruptive period, hot fluid lava pulsed through the tube for months, possibly up to a year, until the eruption subsided. As a result of this rare eruption, a spectacular 13,042 foot (3976m) long lava tube, the third longest in North America, was created.
The Map
Go big or go home is what Sue said, which is why we decided to take on the very tiring Upper Cave. (Cue dramatic music).
Ape Cave was discovered in 1947 by a logger named Lawrence Johnson. However, the cave was not explored until the early 1950’s when a scout troop, led by Harry Reese, lowered a team of scouts down a 17-foot overhang to the cave floor. Leaving footprints where no one ever had, these explorers were able to travel through a pristine lava tube full of fragile formations.
Ape Cave was named by the Scout Troop in honor of their sponsor, the St. Helens Apes. This local group was made up primarily of foresters. The sponsor’s name, St. Helens Apes, may have come from an old term used for foresters in the area, “brush apes,” or from the legend of Bigfoot.
Into the Dark
Serious Cavers
Here Sue poses in front of an 8ft wall we had to get down. It was not easy. Even just saying "not easy" makes it sound easier than it actually was.
Here we are climbing over one of the 27 piles of rocks. The camera flash lights up the area nicely, but most of the time we were in total darkness...our two wimpy flashlights being our only helpers.
But wimpy lights made the end of the trail a beautiful sight!
FYI I took all the history stuff from the Ape Caves website...
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