Day Three Sep 1, 2000 Friday Mt St Helens It was a simple day. We started in Centralia, Washington (south of Tacoma) and drove south to Mt St Helens, then onto Portland, Oregon. A quick twenty minute tour of Centralia provided us coffee but no bagels but these pictures of the interesting murals. Click here to read more about Centralia's murals. When we arrived at Mt St Helens, the cloud cover was complete with wisps of rain. Oh well. The dioramas and newsreel presentations in the visitor center were very informative and the guides there provided us with a nice pack of information when we mentioned that we were home schooling. The clouds parted, just a little, and for only 5 minutes. This picture was the best of the bunch, as the mountaintop went briefly to 'partially obscured' from 'totally obscured'. Click here to see the Mt St Helens Web-Cam. After Mt St Helens, we drove south to Portland (in the drizzly rain). We cruised by the airport (to pick up postcards) and then drove back and forth around downtown, getting oriented for the morning. We found the pedestrian mall and the statue of "Portlandia" and the downtown park. These were all items Dave had seen in his one day business trip several years previously. We found our hotel, stopped by a mall (briefly) then ended up eating dinner at a Stuart Anderson's (always delicious Prime Rib). Original Web Upload May 2001 Last Update: June 3, 2001