Mt. St. Helens 44 Years Later & Sleeping in a Parking Lot

Hey everyone!! It was super cool to get to see Mt. St. Helens. It is crazy to see how large of an area the volcano impacted, how the landscape is forever changed, and how the area is just starting to regrow. The road all the way up to the volcano was closed but I got as close as I could (thanks to my drone). The effects of the eruption are still being felt as a landslide just a year ago took out the bridge on the road to the top. Anyways, I hope yinz enjoy :)
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[@3rubberboats]

Thank you Sydnie, you do good photography. Enjoy your day and have a wonderful day and week-end. And thanks for sharing.

[@espnmk]

Devastation, flattened the landscape where trees stood and lush meadows once laid a silent landscape choked by fallen ash and dust. The contrast of the present with new growth trees pushing through a new canopy reborn. A gaping wound in the earth is left. Yet, Mother nature is relentless and her work sculpting the earth begins. Thanks for Sharing!

[@ellyandeansdad]

Spray adhesive for the roof lining👍🏼

[@garrieparker4837]

I was 10 years old when Mount St. Helen's erupted..... Damn!

[@insaynbcr]

I was 9 yrs old and watched it blow from the roof of friends house in Camas Washington.

[@garrieparker4837]

@@insaynbcr That must have been something to watch in real time. I remember it replaying on the t.v. with 13 channels..... lmao. Implying 4 out of 13 were news.

[@insaynbcr]

@@garrieparker4837 Absolutely! Probably a once in a lifetime event for me. The roar and grumbles from it could be felt from our vantage point. We used to camp at a forest campground along the Toutle river, but it was completely removed off the map, as was the original river route.

[@garrieparker4837]

@@insaynbcr Did you get to save any of the ash that fell?

[@insaynbcr]

@@garrieparker4837 I used to have a bunch of it. I don't carry that around with me since I moved out of state when I was 20 yrs old. I'm sure my folks still has some pumice in their rock garden though.

[@samueljlarson]

That thumb tack idea is exactly what I need to do in parts of my truck canopy. Thank you for the idea!

[@guaporeturns9472]

A lot of that area you walked looked like the surface of the moon for the first few years after the blast. Crazy how life slowly reclaimed that desolate landscape. Thanks for sharing

[@RicardoRoams]

I've enjoyed all your videos. But I think this one is my favorite, so far. When Mt. St. Helens erupted in May of 1980 it caught even the experts off guard. Glad to know there is more sophisticated technology to better monitor the mountain today. When the mountain blew, the explosion and prevailing winds carried volcanic ash eastward crossing several states. I visited friends in Coeur d'Alene Idaho during Memorial Weekend of that year. My friends told me of the ash blanketing everything. One friend even had a layer of ash still in his engine compartment of his Volkswagen bus. 6 years later I visited the Mt. St. Helens area. Couldn't get close to the mountain, of course. But I was very surprised to see Mother Earth already giving birth to new life in some of the more outlying areas. Small green plant shoots and the occasional wildflower were already sprouting through the devastation. I was impressed to witness the sheer tenacity of life. And now to see how much has grown from your videos is truly awe inspiring! I was planning on returning to Washington state but thanks to your videos, I'm moved it to the top of my list. Thanks for sharing. I hope you have better luck with Mt. Rainer than I did on my first visit. I was there for 3 days and the mountain was shrouded in clouds the entire time. On my second trip, 8 years later, I had bright sunshine and inspiring views. Good luck!

[@goober9983]

Thanks for taking us along your adventure. 😊

[@Duckhead3000]

Awesome video! Thanks for sharing!

[@joesoutdoorplaces]

Newly subscribed. I guess I watching backwards. I’ve already watched Mt. Rainier. You are in an areas of the US I’d love to explore. I’m hoping to begin that in the spring of next year. You do an excellent job with your videos. Great views. And I concur. Get some bear spray. It’s not only good for bears. Take care.

[@jasonsumma1530]

I haven't seen a video on Mt. Saint Helens in a long while so thank you. It is amazing how nature adjusts to changes. I wonder what you will do with all of the pictures you are taking besides putting them in the videos.

[@cashtripping]

Beautiful 💜

[@davidemm829]

Another breathtakingly ng area to visit, you are 2 weeks in front of me..I visited Mt Saint Helens yrs ago and it was smoking..very cool..ty for sharing this

[@Bubba4168]

If you’re still in the area, check out the Survivors Center on Spirit Lake Highway. It will give you a very in-depth history of what happened in that area. There is also a nice campground there.

[@nature10879]

wonderland it is

[@brenthiteoutdoors]

Thanks for sharing the info about the mountain 🏔️

[@nicholasblue]

Considering the places you go, you might want to pick up some bear spray. Nice video, thanks.

[@WyldeHills]

The wildflowers match your shorts!! LOL! This is on my list for my journey, thank you for the insight!

[@TrevorChenier]

Awesome Video Thank you 🤗❤️🙏🏾

[@davidemm829]

1980 a rare horizontal eruption..there was a few weeks ago some activity of 2.6 quakes..it's building molten lava slowly

[@robertscranton8293]

Sydnie.. do yourself a favor and watch the documentary on the eruption. Pay close attention to the fellow named Harry Truman. Quite a character indeed...(the roof issue.. get a can of 3m adhesive.. spray.. cut a hole in your headliner and shoot the 3m adhesive all around. Then push and hold the headliner in place for a few minutes.)..At that spot where you take a hike ... would you have survived the eruption?

[@KhurshidsChannel]

Nice video. Thanks for sharing. 👍31

[@ivan11cast]

Very beautiful place, such a monument wow

[@martyball2002]

I also can remember the day Mt st Helen's erupted. I heard it while I was taking a shower

[@PapawGrandmaAdventures]

Such amazing views! One day we'll make it out that way, hopefully.

[@guaporeturns9472]

Anywhere you go in the Cascades you can be sure there is a bear in the area. Lots of bears

[@welawisdom]

Amazing!! 🎉🎉🎉

[@plantophilic_foodie]

I love your photography and videography - you really captured how beautiful everything was. I also really appreciate how educational this was. I find myself wanting to re-watch to catch all the educational nuggets. 6:04 was wondering if you did have a pocket knife. That's what those are for! :)

[@davidemm829]

I'm all excited about this / your visit here.. sorry..a little . It's the only visit I desired when I left NH 6 months ago..tho I hit many on the way..

[@Pcombs1977]

Hi 👋 Sidnie I’m a recent subscriber and I also loved your video but kudos on the Dead Shirt 🎉❤😊

[@mrs.seaturtle66allen78]

Some of the trees are 70 feet tall and fish where back in the creeks and lakes years before scientists thought they would be. The Earth recovers quickly.

[@산림치유]

한국에는 화산이 없어요 그래서 영상의 공유가 저에게는 감사해요.

[@made_by_bongdong]

세인트 헬렌 화산이 정말 아름답습니다....풍경들도 아름답구요...~!! 구독 좋아요 남기고 갑니다..~!!

[@yelenakozorezov6587]

Thanks. Nice video

[@CharlieRando]

super cool. and pretty!

[@chitran5871]

Just reminding me the day i passed by Helen on the freeway all the ashes cover my windshield completely covered with ashes .

[@ribo451]

I was 6 months old so I don’t remember it but my parents have photos of everything covered in ash. We’re in north Idaho. We were watching an air show and then all the planes left at the same time. They heard about the ash coming over the radio. Getting news quickly might be one of the few good things about social media.

[@mrs.seaturtle66allen78]

Where I lived in Montana schools where closed for 2 days.

[@ChrisAnglin-d8f]

You forgot the drone. The pictures are wonderful.

[@user-wc8tx7rx9b]

Love that area.

[@davidemm829]

Living in any ehicle will make headliner come unglued..breathing, condensation, mine is, great choice of this venture..😀

[@deshawniskeng-mixedmediatv]

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[@Sovann-AKA-CambodianRedNeck]

It's amazing landscape. We went there but we missed the places you've shown ☹

[@ruebennomura9143]

aloha great view on this video

[@davidemm829]

Magma build up of this volcano is 6 miles under ground, I'm all studied up..

[@martyball2002]

God, I love your video style Sydnie. I'm just curious if you shopped at the trader Joe's in Olympia. I also live a caming lifestyle, albeit in a much larger rig and would love to meet while you're in the PNW. I'm currently living in an Olympia area Campground

[@kc0lif]

mount st helens is done.

[@roam2beborn323]

Do they still have the road closed actually going to Mount Saint Helens

[@davidemm829]

Still logs in spirit lake ?

[@davidemm829]

Hi, do you know why road was closed to M S H ? Is that as close you could get ? Curious cause I'm there in 10-22 days Thank you

[@stonejohnson122]

Landslide back in February

[@quinn4364]

your funny...very entertaining.

[@budwilliams6590]

Ciao bella

[@MichaelJFunaro]

I think that's Bigfoot scat. Or at least a baby one. Watch out. :)

[@user-qy1ir7do5o]

Aww, that thing in your cute nose.

[@inkydoug]

Yep, bear poop.

[@Snoogleheimer]

I think I love you.

[@bigbrownmab189]

The eruption had the force of 20 atomic bombs. Are you still here in WA and lookin for other adventures??

[@davidemm829]

Pumice stone..

[@jshepard152]

I first went up there in 2003. Even twenty years after the blast, it looked like the surface of the moon. I hardly recognize it now, with all the greenery.

[@stephenmiller5023]

Might wanna brush up on some math skills …… Mt. Saint Helen erupted in 1988, then that was 36 years ago now , NOT 44 as the video tag stated. Unless you’re posting this from the future ….😉😆. I’m 64 , and can still remember watching the news coverage on that devastated area on T.V. A friend who was a trucker used to travel through that area & he brought me a little zip lock baggy full of the ashes he grabbed full for me to show what was blowing all around afterwards. Sure made a mess . Mother Earth can be quite violent at times.

[@Mar10K0ng]

Mt. Saint Helen erupted in 1980 NOT 1988.

[@stephenmiller5023]

@@Mar10K0ng then that makes total sense now .. 😉😎👍

[@trentcarbino921]

Google doesn't agree with you and I don't either. It happened while I was still in school and I graduated in 1984. How about them apples math whiz

[@realBkay]

Syd, there has to b a setting u can manipulate, on ur car, which will automatically lock ur door(s) - when ur in it. Might want to figure out how to set it. Nothing good is going to happen if a predator (human) sees u as prey.🔺 Ur visiting/camping some remote areas.🫵

[@Archivalindex]

Stop the fear mongering. She is obviously intelligent enough to take care of herself.

[@realBkay]

@@Archivalindex You should move to a small town where the rule of law still exists. You will not survive here. You are not a wolf. And this is the land of wolves now.🔺 Heed my warning snowflake. 🫵

[@tameramer9348]

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