HenryCdn

We took to long taking so many side routes that we didn't get into our campsite on the road up to Crater Lake in Oregon until about 8:00 in the evening. Part of the problem was that we took too long getting going in the morning and didn't leave our campsite until about 10:00. We got better about leaving in the morning at a decent time as the trip went on and would start the riding by 7:00 or 8:00 a.m.. This way we were able to get in a good day and still have time to relax and b.s. about the trip with "re-hydration cans" during the evenings. In this picture, the 4th member of our group hooked up with us since he had to leave a day later. He came all the way from Vancouver Island and pinned it to make it to our (day 2) campsite in one day. We couldn't believe it when he showed up less than 3 minutes of our arrival!!

The only time we ever stopped at an interstate rest area since we hardly used I5 at all. The rest area was a nice break from slab riding! We all found that interstate riding seemed to take forever. Probably because it lacked any fun and we felt more tense riding it.

We stayed at this campsite on our way out of Mount Saint Helens. It was a great site about 6 miles from I5 with a Chevron and small grocery close by where we picked up some "re-hydration cans" and some snacks which we called our dinner. The mosquitos were real bad here but we didn't let it bother us. We had spent a great day on the road starting out at 4:30 a.m. to catch a 6:10 ferry for Port Angeles. Everything went fantastic and we had put on many miles. Our only resturant stop was in Legget on the way starting up St Helens for lunch.

An view of one of the bridges on the road to Saint Helens.

The visitor center has lots to look at including an interesting 20 min film about the eruption.

What an incredible and expensive road to view the mountain. Not much for any twisties but the views made it worthwhile.