Yesterday- 35 years ago my brother and his wife where fly fishing the Cowlitz river for Spring Chiniook- he had just finished breakfast got in the drift boat- rowed out into a run- before the first cast Mt St Helens erupted - a little over 30 miles away with a direct sight of the eruption.
Holy Crapoly!!!
Uh...When St Helens blew I was watching TV in the lounge at the Houston International Airport. Left the bar and hopped on a helicopter to go to work offshore. My wallet fell out of my polyester John Travolta bell bottoms and I didn't notice it until I got on the half-built platform 90 miles offshore. 3 weeks later I went back to the Houston airport and they had my wallet, cash and all, in the Lost and Found department.
There were no cell phones those days. I'm not sure I even had a credit card in 1980.
Uh......... May 18th is also my youngest son's birthday.
In 1998 Mrs. Goob and I made an attempt to climb Mt St Helens but the Forest Service still had it blocked off.
I think it's a great story and I tell it so well.
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