Our trip yesterday was down to Mt St Helens and the Johnston Ridge Observatory.
The mountain from the first visitor center... but you can see the damage it did in the Toutle River Valley.
If you look real close, on the left side of the picture you can see Mt Adams peaking over the other hills. It was a pretty good day... clear, but not too hot. We also learned that the little mounds in the valley are called "hummocks". They are big land deposits left over from the landslide that began the eruption.
We also saw a TON of elk. You might have to click on the picture to see them, but they are down there. There's an entire herd, and even a few babies. I zoomed in as far as I could... that's why we had binoculars! ;)
Good thing the mountain decided not to blow up yesterday... we would definitely not be alive!
Jason's picture taking "skills"... haha.
Oh yeah.... and we found Big Foot too!!
Once we got home, we decided to try out the new grill we bought last week. Jason decided it's the man's job to grill... I think his words were something like "I can't tell people my wife grilled for me!" He was very cautious and afraid something was going to blow up because he's never really used a propane bbq before, but I told him mom puts meat on hers and doesn't watch it constantly, so he got a bit better after that.
It turned out VERY good. Steak, baked potato, and corn... YUM!! Jason says we'll be using the grill more often because it's easier than he thought it would be! 
