I still have a cup of ash that I scooped up from Interstate 5 in Washington State about 100 miles from the Volcano. Car wash operators are going to have a very nice month up there. This ash gets everywhere.
I used to have some of that ash, I was a kid then. Someone sent it to me who was out there. I got to wondering what the volcanic ash was made of. I didn't have a chem set so I decided to taste it. I decided it tasted a lot like fireplace ash.
I wasn't the brightest kid but I enjoyed myself ;-)
Wife thinks I'm nuts....