My grandson Israel brought a friend and we drove up to the Mount St. Helens area. The upper elevations were snowed in still, but we aimed at starting with the Ape Cave -- a long tunnel created by molten lava flowing under cooling lava. We weren't able to get to the view of the crater because of snow, but...we spent time at the Ape Cave, Beaver Bay at Yale Lake, and Lake Merwin before heading home