
Photo is Silver Lake and Mt. St. Helens
While growing up in Longview, I always enjoyed the scenic drive to Spirit Lake. Over a period of time, I was exposed to camping, hiking, boating and fishing in the Mt. St. Helens area. I remember taking a fishing rod w/ me on a YMCA backpacking trip to St. Helens L. The trip leader caught several 16” trout using my spinning rod; when I finally got my rod back, it was almost too dark to fish, and I didn’t catch a thing [although I saw a nice cutthroat following my triple teazer lure several times]. On another occasion, I backpacked into St. Helens L. by myself and stayed overnight along the lake. This was before I had a backpacking tent; I used a rope and a tarp to keep the rain off me. A dog tagged along, and kept me company; during the night, it got hungry and broke into my pack and got some food.
The "Mt. St. Helens Area" photo albums can be viewed by selecting Locale->Longview, ->Mt. St. Helens Area->Silver Lake, ->Spirit Lake, ->Mt. Margaret, ->Climb (1973) from menu bar at top.