Coldwater can still be really, really good -- and good for big fish.
For me, that lake is either red-hot or ice-cold, and that's not even counting the days when the wind blows and my nose is ice-cold.
I would walk a long way in the cold to fish Spirit Lake, and I've pushed for opening the lake to limited access in my column in The Olympian.
Brant is right -- some parts of Mount St. Helens have come back really rapidly.
I recall the day the mountain blew. I was sick with the flu, and I woke up late and turned on the television to see a giant mushroom cloud boiling on the screen.
I thought the Russians had nuked us.