May 31

We started for San Jose, CA today.  Drove through a mountain pass to Seattle, WA then turned south.  We stopped at Mt. St. Helen's- a volcano that erupted in 1980. It is snow capped now so we did not go  up it.

Blewett Pass 

Mt St Helens in the background

A nature trail

A tree-hugger?

We turned west again where Washington and Oregon meet and drove to the coast.  We saw our first view of the Pacific Ocean in Astoria, Oregon.  We then drove along the Oregon coast.  It has changed- there are many large houses built right on the beaches.  There are condos and hotels and golf courses along the way where there used to be sand and trees.

Astria, Oregon

Seaside 

A cave on the beach

The mountains go right to the water's
edge at times

A drawing of what this view
used to look like

Condos have filled in the view