On this day, twenty-seven years ago, my family was busy moving into our brand new home in Milwaukie, Oregon.  My grandparents had moved to Eugene a few months earlier and we moved up north to be closer to them.  Because I was young, not much was left to discussion, but my dad promised that we would just love Oregon.  We had migrated north from southern California to find suburbia.  I remember playing outside and being told to come inside.  There was a rumbling then an eerie silence.  A couple of hours later a snow-like ash falling from the sky onto our furniture.  My dad had us all put on masks.  Any time we went outside for a few days, we had to wear these.  This is my first impression of the great state of Oregon. 
Today marks the twenty-seventh anniversary of eruption of Mt. St. Helens.  Mt. St. Helens is located about 65 miles northeast of Portland, in the state of Washington.  Much has changed, but the mountain still seems to be teeming with activity.  A few years ago, I captured some little spurts of energy on film.  I have decided that the Pacific Northwest is a beautiful and wonderful place to live.  

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