Slideshow «Mounts Rainier & St. Helens volcanoes» October 2-22, 2010

Mounts Rainier & St.Helens, WA

After the marine environment of the Olympic Peninsula, also in Washington State, we present our 15th slideshow on the volcanic region that are part of the Pacific Ring of Fire: Mounts Rainier and St. Helens.

Dominating the relatively flat region 14,400 ft. Mount Rainier, commonly called "The Mountain" and often invisible to us, appears to our great delight during clear days, rare in this rainy season.

To give us an idea of the devastating power of volcanoes, we visited the Johnston observatory near Mount St. Helens, where 30 years ago there was a terrible eruption. What a difference between the rich life on the flanks of Mount Rainier and the one being tentatively resumed after the disaster at Mount St. Helens!

We invite you to look at pictures in this slideshow and read our comments by both of us.

We are currently in the Vancouver area, precisely at Woodcroft on the border of North Vancouver and West Vancouver on the 18th floor of a building with pool, spa, sauna and gym. We’re taking a rest from the precarious living in a tent trailer. Ted particularly enjoys all the comforts of modern life that he has not seen since April 2009! This is not my case with my many trips to Montreal. We have an interesting view on the Lyon’s Gate bridge and West Vancouver, a city built in stages in this mountain environment. The subject of our next slideshow: Winter in Vancouver. The climate of the Pacific is very new for us, people of the east!

Diane