Getting closer to the heart of the mountain at Donnybrook Viewpoint.
Mount Adams in the distance.
Mount Hood to the south.
Harmony Point and Spirit Lake
Heather and I decided to hike from Harmony Point down to Spirit Lake to see the huge rafts of dead trees up close. I have seen the trees floating in Spirit Lake since I was a child but I never got up close and personal with them before.
A little spring in the side of the mountain.
Getting closer to the water and the logs with Mount St. Helens looming large in the background.
Approaching the lakeshore.
Heather with the mountain.
That is a huge log deck.
Somewhere deep below this sea of logs is the old lake shoreline, old camps and campgrounds, an old lodge, and an old guy with his many cats who wouldn’t leave.
Rushing water heading down into the lake.
Down by the water.
The magnificence of the mountain.
No entry to the water.
Beautiful wildflowers on the formerly barren ground.
The mountain did all of this.
