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Related: About this forumThe Fire Lookout Life: Bedtime

Pinyon Peak Fire Lookout
Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness, Idaho
©2020 Bo Zarts Studio
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The Fire Lookout Life: Bedtime (Original Post)
Bo Zarts
Apr 2023
OP
The Osborne Fire-Finder is still the most important instrument in the fire lookout.
Bo Zarts
Apr 2023
#16
FuzzyRabbit
(2,203 posts)1. Beautiful!
Nice way to frame a sunset photo.
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,303 posts)2. What a glorious view, my dear Bo!
I love the layers of clouds and mountains.
Beautiful colors too!
blm
(114,473 posts)3. Just gorgeous.
judesedit
(4,587 posts)4. It's like a master piece every night
gademocrat7
(11,844 posts)5. Amazing view!
burrowowl
(18,494 posts)6. World class hotel room!
2naSalit
(100,999 posts)7. *SIGH*
The wilderness. The last best place.
calimary
(89,299 posts)8. Takes your breath away!
So much magnificence that its truly humbling.
stage left
(3,239 posts)9. If there is a heaven
It would look like this.
TdeV
(160 posts)10. Thank you.
NJCher
(42,769 posts)11. so beautiful
what a cool job you have.
mysteryowl
(8,794 posts)12. Hmmm... I'm thinking a nice AirB&B night too.
mgardener
(2,312 posts)13. Beautiful!
But what are thunderstorms like?
DENVERPOPS
(13,003 posts)14. Tell me
with all the modern technology available now, GPS etc, do they still use an Osborne Fire Finder??????
Bo Zarts
(26,260 posts)16. The Osborne Fire-Finder is still the most important instrument in the fire lookout.

Thanks for the pic, I hadn't seen one of those in 50-60 years.........I thought they had gone the way of the old Sextants...
CaptainTruth
(8,081 posts)15. Stunning.
I would take my best acoustic guitar & a portable recorder & probably write some of the best music of my life.
Skittles
(170,214 posts)17. wow!
snot
(11,586 posts)18. How gorgeous!
One must feel rather exposed, though, during thunderstorms! I expect/hope you have a good lightning rod!
Callalily
(15,326 posts)20. Oh, how I long to be in that lookout!
