On our second day at Mt. St. Helens, we went to the Seven Wonders Museum. Lloyd and Doris Anderson along with Kim Jones showed the Biblical implications of what had happened from the erruption. They led us on a guided tour to the main side of the mountain. We were also priviledged to meet the Curator of the San Diego based Creation and Earth History Museum. He and his family were also on the tour. The tour was excellent and interesting! It started with looking through the museum followed by a slide show and talk by Mr. Anderson. Then visits to several sites along Spirit Lake Highway and some hiking.
This A-frame was fairly new at the time of the erruption. It was fourteen miles from the volcano. One would have thought it would be a safe site. But when the mud started flowing it dealt a generous helping of mud to the cabin burying the bottom floor with about four feet of mud.
In this picture you can see a few trees that survived the steam blasts, surrounded by many new trees planted by the forestry companies.
Many areas still look like a disaster compared to the forests that once stood there.
Standing on the stump of a tree which was partly buried by the landslide.
We were on a ridge quite a distance from the mountain, but some of the areas we were on were at least 200 feet higher than they were pre-1980. There were lots of hummocks in this area formed by the landslides.
An igneous rock among some of the new growth.
The trees are still lying around after over three decades.
Some badland and erosion formations caused by the volcano.
This was one of our tour guides, Lloyd Anderson, the director of the Mt. St. Helens Creation Museum. It was great having him and Kim Jones lead us with their knowledge of the area.
Some beautiful scenery.
And the volcano with its canyons. This particular photo was taken high on Johnston Ridge.
Badlands.
The canyons were huge. They would have been cool to tour but because of the dangers of a live volcano and park restrictions, only people with special research permits are allowed down in this valley. The significance of these canyons is that they were formed in hours, some of them through solid rock, the tallest of them is 140 feet deep. The fact that these formed in hours means that the Grand Canyon didn’t have to take millions of years to form. It could have formed in a day while the flood waters were draining. Observable Science doesn’t contradict the Bible! Rather it proves that the Bible is true.
Amazing scenery!
God’s rock gardens!
Kim Jones signing “The Case Of The Missing Mountain” which she wrote.
And a picture of the directors of the Museum in front of their mural. Sorry for the big shady area on the picture, it was so nice and sunny during our visit that it was hard to get a good picture, but I guess we can’t complain. The Andersons were great to us and Mrs. Anderson even served our whole group a meal after the tour!
