Took Friday off and my son and I went camping. We stayed close to home so my wife could join us in the evenings, as she had to work.
When I say back yard camp out, this is our back yard:
Look for the reddish brown 2 story with the old Ford tractor parked out front. Promise it’s right there in the upper middle of the pic.
Spent a nice couple of days relaxing at one of our favorite dispersed campsites, cooking, reading and playing cribbage.
Sunday morning we saddled up and climbed the Entiat Ridge to Sugarloaf Peak National Forest Service Fire Lookout. We explored the burn scars from the 2018 Cougar Creek Fire. My son and I spent time on that fire when it encroached our community.
My favorite pic is this hillside scar so covered in Stony Ground Lupine it’s purple:
We stopped at the lookout for a few photos. We were at 5,794 feet. The burn scar surrounding the lookout is from the 1994 Tyee Creek Fire.
It was blowing, cold and began hailing, so we decided to drive down to a more protected spot called French Corral to coffee up and have a quick lunch before taking the nearest canyon to pavement and home.
It was a good weekend, and we were never further than 6-7 miles from home as the crow flies. Hell of a back yard.
When I say back yard camp out, this is our back yard:
Look for the reddish brown 2 story with the old Ford tractor parked out front. Promise it’s right there in the upper middle of the pic.
Spent a nice couple of days relaxing at one of our favorite dispersed campsites, cooking, reading and playing cribbage.
Sunday morning we saddled up and climbed the Entiat Ridge to Sugarloaf Peak National Forest Service Fire Lookout. We explored the burn scars from the 2018 Cougar Creek Fire. My son and I spent time on that fire when it encroached our community.
My favorite pic is this hillside scar so covered in Stony Ground Lupine it’s purple:
It was a good weekend, and we were never further than 6-7 miles from home as the crow flies. Hell of a back yard.
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