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I hope that the Big Event for the trip was going to see a real live volcano: Mt. St. Helens. The logistics were . . . interesting, in part because I thought the boys might enjoy at least one night Camping in the Woods. I am, however, not really much of a tent camper. (Egregious understatement.) However, Uncle Eric spends at least two weekends every year out in the woods teaching students about medicinal plants. In fact, Eric had left two days earlier for eastern Washington to teach a different class, so he couldn't join us for the beginning of the trip. Instead, he joined us on the second day. I would have just let him go home instead of coming all the way down to the campground, but without his help, I'm sure we would have starved.