Fire Lookout Friday: The Beginning

The journey to visit Washington’s last standing fire lookouts

In January 2014, a low-snow winter, a map, and a phone call with my dad set off a chain of events I never could have predicted.

This is where it all started. The story of how I ended up visiting all 93 of Washington State’s remaining historic fire lookouts and some of what happened along the way.

Fire Lookout Friday is a weekly podcast and newsletter about Washington’s historic fire lookouts—their stories, their history, and the ridiculous things that happen when you decide to visit all of them. And then staff one.

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