Prologue

In August 2017 we went to the Pacific Northwest see this. We spent a couple of weeks out there, traveling about Oregon (where we saw the eclipse) and Washington. And one of the places we went in Washington was the Mt St Helens Volcanic National Monument.

While there we did a bit of hiking. And I took some pictures.

And we visited the Johnston Ridge Observatory.

Where we could look into the crater of the volcano. The still active volcano.

And while at the observatory we noticed a docent with a spotting scope, and we took a look.

And while looking Patty said, "are those people up there?" To which the docent replied, "yes".

And thus an idea was born.