Spirit Lake at Mount St. Helens, Washington - July 18, 2015

Jeff and I hiked from the Johnston Ridge Observatory to Spirit Lake - approximately 7.7 miles.

 We enjoyed eating some wild huckleberries along the way.  We also saw wild salmon berries but didn't know what they were until later so didn't eat any of them.

  Spirit Lake was so beautiful and worth the agony to get there on a very hot day - 90 degrees.  The white in the water looks like snow or ice but it's the trees that were killed at the time Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980.

 It was so fun to see this cute fawn just watching us as we took pictures.  The wildflowers around it are beautiful.

These little chipmunks were having fun playing.  We saw lots of chipmunks while we hiked.  This was the hardest hike I've done in years!  I won't be doing it again soon!