I was stationed at Ft Lewis/ Madigan AMC in 77 and 78, and left Washington in early 1979...

In the service, some of the guys from the barracks use to go out on a weekend hike and camping trip...

Mt St Helens was a popular place for us...

Was living in Minnesota when it blew.... of course we had fall out from it but not like the Pacific NW...

we use to hike/climb up the mountain on weekends down there, it was a relative easy hike...

after it blew it was hard to believe that the mountain was 1300 feet shorter than it was in 77 and 78.

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