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Pinyon Peak Fire Lookout
Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness, Idaho
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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
(1,969 posts)1. Beautiful!
Nice way to frame a sunset photo.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,694 posts)2. What a glorious view, my dear Bo!
I love the layers of clouds and mountains.
Beautiful colors too!
blm
(113,086 posts)3. Just gorgeous.
judesedit
(4,443 posts)4. It's like a master piece every night
gademocrat7
(10,667 posts)5. Amazing view!
burrowowl
(17,645 posts)6. World class hotel room!
2naSalit
(86,775 posts)7. *SIGH*
The wilderness. The last best place.
calimary
(81,456 posts)8. Takes your breath away!
So much magnificence that its truly humbling.
stage left
(2,966 posts)9. If there is a heaven
It would look like this.
TdeV
(157 posts)10. Thank you.
NJCher
(35,722 posts)11. so beautiful
what a cool job you have.
mysteryowl
(7,396 posts)12. Hmmm... I'm thinking a nice AirB&B night too.
mgardener
(1,819 posts)13. Beautiful!
But what are thunderstorms like?
DENVERPOPS
(8,844 posts)14. Tell me
with all the modern technology available now, GPS etc, do they still use an Osborne Fire Finder??????
Bo Zarts
(25,402 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
(6,601 posts)15. Stunning.
I would take my best acoustic guitar & a portable recorder & probably write some of the best music of my life.
Skittles
(153,192 posts)17. wow!
snot
(10,538 posts)18. How gorgeous!
One must feel rather exposed, though, during thunderstorms! I expect/hope you have a good lightning rod!
Callalily
(14,894 posts)20. Oh, how I long to be in that lookout!