After returning to California from the Southeast region I was back on a plane headed to Washington State. My flight was from Fresno Yosemite International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport which is much better known as SeaTac. I had a little bit of a rarity in that the weather over Washington was completely clear and I could see the Cascades unobstructed out the window. I had views of just not just Mount Rainier but also Mount Adams and Mount St. Helens. The Cascade Range roughly runs from California State Route 36 north through British Columbia and is far more volcanic in nature than the Sierras. Most of the high peaks of the Cascade Range are volcanic and have a large prominence. When I visited Washington in 2015 I did go to Mount Rainier National Park. Most of the day was extremely foggy and I missed being able to see Mount St. Helens from the park overlooks. Mount St. Helens is a 8,363 foot high stratovolcano that ...
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