Insanity of today

So we started our day by heading to the Portland airport to drop of James. From there we headed to Mt. St Helens. After a few hours of driving, we found out that we had been driving up the wrong side of the mountain and that the only way to get to where we wanted to be was to back track for an hour then head up the correct side of the mountain. Yeah, that was fun. We finally made it to the observatory we wanted to be at and gazed at the magnificence that was the mountain. Unfortuanly I forgot to bring my camera(don't worry Jessie took pictures, when they will be posted is a completely different story) and as such I am unable to share the shear beauty that we saw. Thankfully via the magic of microsoft paint, I have painstakingly recreated the view for your enjoyment.
That's right ladies and gentlemen, Mt. St Helens is pure white! Well not really, but the observatory was cloudy and we couldn't see anything.

Next we headed to Seattle. We wondered for a bit and got dinner. Since we where there, we decided we needed to get coffee. The weird part was that all the shops in the area we were in all closed. Apparently the majority of the cafes and shops all close at 6. After we finally found a place, we headed to the Space Needle and took a couple of pictures then headed to the airport to drop off Jessie. The rest of our day was spent driving back to Portland.

So lessons learned for today, 1. Check to see if you have the correct driving directions and 2. check the weather for outside activities.