FUTURE PUBLIC EVENTS:

Friday, November 14, 2025. Present a slideshow on EASY HIKES IN GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY at the Hoquiam Public Library, 7 p.m. Hosted by The Olympians Hiking Club.

PAST PUBLIC EVENTS:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, March 24, 25, 26, 2025. Presented a slideshow and book talk about fire lookouts and lookout sites in the North Olympics at the Port Angeles, Sequim, and Clallam Bay Libraries of the North Olympic Library System.

Thursday, February 8, 2024. Presented a slideshow and book talk about the fire lookout sites near Hood Canal at the North Mason Timberland Library, Belfair.

Saturday, November 18, 2023. Led a hike to the BYLES LOOKOUT SITE in the South Chehalis State Forest for the Olympians Hiking Club.

Thursday November 9, 2023, Presented a slideshow and book talk about the fire lookouts above the plateau surrounding State Highway 410 in southern King and eastern Pierce counties. Buckley Hall, Buckley Historical Museum.

Saturday August 5, 2023, LED a 5 mile hike to the WEATHERWAX LOOKOUT SITE in the Wynoochee River Valley for The Olympians Hiking Club.

Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Presented a slideshow and book talk, “Lost Fire Lookout Hikes and Histories” at the Olympia Timberland Library.

Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Presented a slideshow and book talk, “Lewis County Fire Lookout hikes and Histories” at the Salkum Timberland Library on US Highway 12.

Saturday, January 21, 2023. LED a hike to the LOST LAKE LOOKOUT SITE in a Mason County Port Blakely Tree Farm.

Wednesday, December 28, 2022. LED a hike to the SIMPSON FIRE LOOKOUT SITE in a Mason County Green Diamond Tree Farm.

SATURDAY, December 3, 2022. LED A HIKE IN THE ELK RIVER Natural Resource Conservation Area.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2022. Presented a slideshow “ADVENTURE HIKES TO LOST FIRE LOOKOUTS.” The Mountaineers Olympia Branch Adventure Series

SATURDAY OCTOBER 8, 2022. SQUALLY JIM AND WALVILLE FIRE LOOKOUT SITE HIKE. We enjoyed dry but slightly smoky weather for this hike near the Lewis-Pacific counties border. There had been some recent tree harvests near our route, but nothing that disrupted our hike. (it is in the book.)

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2022 Presented a slideshow “HISTORY AND HIKES: FIRE LOOKOUTS IN GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY.” Hoquiam Timberland Library.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2022 Forest Fire Lookout Association Western Conference, Enterprise, Oregon. Presented a slideshow, “PIECING TOGETHER OLYMPIC FIRE LOOKOUT STORIES.”

SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2022. Mount Holyoke College Class of 1965 on Zoom. Presented a slideshow, “FROM AMERICAN CULTURE TO LOST FIRE LOOKOUT HIKES AND HISTORIES.”

SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 2022 GRISDALE HILL LOOKOUT SITE. We enjoyed great views into the Olympics on our way to this high point above the Skokomish Valley. It is in the book.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2022      NEW PINNACLE PEAK LOOKOUT TOWER NEAR ENUMCLAW. A short steep hike to the newest lookout tower in western Washington.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19 BOOK LAUNCH PARTY!

We had a fine party at Harbor House, Percival Landing, Olympia. It was a fun event, visiting with a lot of fire lookout, hiking, and Olympia friends. Shared some stories, signed some books, and appreciated everyone coming together briefly, masked, and socially distanced, to celebrate my book.

DECEMBER 7, 2021. LOST FIRE LOOKOUT HIKES AND HISTORIES: OLYMPIC PENINSULA AND WILLAPA HILLS is released for sale by Amazon and by order at your local bookstore.

Monthly hikes for The Olympians Hiking Club, based in Grays Harbor County, including: FEBRUARY 8, 2020.  Led a six-mile round-trip hike to the Humptulips Auxiliary Lookout site in the Quinault Ranger District of the Olympic National Forest for the Olympians Hiking Club. (It is in the book.)

DECEMBER 15, 2019. Led an eight-mile round-trip hike to the Drake Lookout site on Green Diamond Resources land in the Wynoochee River Valley. (It is in the book.)

OCTOBER 11, 2019.  Presented photos and talked about, “GRAYS HARBOR FIRE LOOKOUTS,” for The Olympians Hiking Club in Aberdeen, WA. Answered questions and picked up some interesting stories, too.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019. Led an eight mile RT hike to the Twin Peak Lookout site, off the Donkey Creek Road, on private and Grays Harbor County Timberlands roads and lands. This included some cross country adventure hiking. (It is in the book.)

JULY 13, 2019. Led a six-mile round-trip hike approaching the Arctic Lookout site. We hiked a Hancock Timber Management road to a Rayonier Timber Company gate above the North River valley. (This is not in the book, as there is no public access to the fire lookout site, about a quarter mile beyond the Rayonier gate.)

APRIL 3, 17, 23; May 21, 2017. Presented an introductory class on Western Washington wildflowers at the Olympia Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Olympia, WA. Two classroom sessions were followed by field trips in the Lake Sylvia State Park and on the Congregation’s grounds.

OCTOBER 3, 2016. Showed and talked about my “TRAVELS IN ICELAND” to the Olympia area PEO club at Panorama, Lacey, WA.  

EACH YEAR: I donate two hikes to fire lookouts or fire lookout sites in the Puget Sound Region, through the Olympia Unitarian Universalist Congregation annual auction. Sites visited in the last few years include: Pinnacle Peak Lookout site (King County), Suntop Lookout (Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest), Mount Zion Lookout site (Olympic National Forest), Blue Mountain Lookout site (Olympic National Park), Tolmie Peak Lookout (Mount Rainier National Park). Chapters on Mount Zion and Blue Mountain Lookout sites are in my book.)