On Tuesday morning, October 18, 2022, we awoke in port at the small town of Kalama. The main reason this is a cruise ship stop is because we are close to Mount Saint Helen, the mountain that blew up in 1980. Most of our ship passengers took an early 1-1/2 hour bus rides up to the mountain to get a closer look. Bill and Karen have seen it before so we stayed in town to explore.
Just off the ship is the McMenimans Hotel with Native American totem poles to the right.
Above is Bill standing next to the tall totem pole that was actually reduced in size.
State officials thought the totem pole was too tall to be safe so it was cut and the upper portion is under wraps for protection - next to the standing one.
We walked into downtown Kalama and checked out a couple large antique stores. We then stopped at the Port of Kalama Interpretive Center for a douse of real history. Above you see what used to happen around here on the river with the native fishermen.
In the museum we saw the largest train engine we had ever seen that used to haul lumber up and over the mountains in Southwest Washington.
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Does Kalama have a zoo?? --Nancy
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