As a real estate agent, I had listed for sale a cabin near Spirit Lake. This gentleman’s cabin was right next to his folks’ cabin, and they were just around the corner from Harry S. Truman lodge.
During the time of the listing, we had a couple of conversations about the mountain, and he seemed very curious about it.
The days prior to the eruption, the State Patrol had arranged for people who had property up there, to go up and retrieve their belongings.
My client and his girl friend sneaked around the Patrol so they wouldn’t be counted. Saturday night, he told his folks goodbye and told them they would home on Sunday because him and his girlfriend wanted to stay one more night in the cabin.
