Toni and the Live Volcano

Yesterday, Toni and I took a 2.5 hr drive North to visit Mount Baker to see Artist Point where these pictures were taken.  Mount Baker is the second most active volcanoe of the Cascade Arc (St. Helens is #1).  It is located just South of the Canadian/US border.  Steam plumes happen occasionally.  It is not as active as St. Helens, and volcanologists don't expect  major activity any time soon.  In 1999, Mount Baker established the record for snowfall anywhere in the world at 1140 inches (93 feet). It is one of the most glaciated volcanoes in the Cascade Arc.  Mt. Rainer is #1. However, Mt. Baker has more snow and ice than the rest of the Cascade volcanoes combined, save Mt. Rainer. 

The First People (as the indiginous people call themselves in the Northwest) named the volcano Koma Kulshan or "white sentinel." The mountain was "re-named" by the explorer George Vancouver as Mt. Baker, in honor of 3rd Lieutantent Joseph Baker who first saw the mountain from the HMS Discovery in 1792.

So for you trivia buffs.... What is Mt. Rainer's indigenous peoples' name?>>>>>>>>> Tacoma!  Like the city of Tacoma, Washington.   Tacoma means "bigger than Koma" (Mt. Baker).   

Today will be a chill out day.   Toni is looking great this morning and appears to have survived our hiking around.   Next week:  5 days of chemo and radiation, and 2 massages for her lymphedema.   By the way... her right side is "redder" than the left side.   Still hoping I will get the chance to "evaluate" the temperature soon.