Windy Ridge, Mt. Saint Helens, Washington

Today, Friday, 9/2/2021, I will drive from Packwood to Randle (15 miles) on Road 12.  Then south on Gifford-Pinchot Forest Road 25, the on to Forest Road 99, and then up to the top of Windy Ridge.  It is 65 miles from Randall to Cougar by Yale Lake.  Forest Road 25 is paved but very rough in many places, so you need to slow down and watch the road.  Then, down Lewisville Highway 503 to my home.  

Enjoy the Mt. Saint Helens Windy Ridge Loop.  This road is dangerous in places - drive slowly.  

Enjoy many Mr. Saint Helen's photographs.  

The logs are still floating in Spirit Lake.

All photographs by me.

La Wis Wis Campground, Washington

 Today, I travel from Vancouver north on Interstate 5 to Road 12, through Mossy Rock, Morton, Randle, and Packwood.  Washington Road 12 is a very good road.  It is 140 miles from Vancouver to La Wis Wis Campground, and a 3 hour or less drive.  

I will be camping two nights at the La Wis Wis Campground a few miles north of Packwood.  Here are some photographs from the Packwood area.  

I plan to explore the Cowlitz River today before setting up camp at 4 pm.  

I drove throught Lewis and Clark State Park Campground near Toledo.  

There are some excellent campsites right by the Cowlitz River
in the La Wis Wis Campgrounds, Loops A & D.

My campsite was not level and many roots.