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Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024 Shelton-Mason County Journal — Page 37 Hittite Serving the communities of Belfalr, Allyn, Grapeview, Tahuya, Mason Lake, South Shore and Victor Leslie Rome, author of “Lost Fire Lookout Hikes and Histories,” reads at North Mason Timberland Library on Feb. 8. Herald photo June Author shares tales of Iostifire lookout hikes . By June Williams june@masoncounty.com “I’m a lookout hunter,” Leslie Romer, author of “Lost Fire Lookout Hikes and Histories: Olympic Penin— sula & Willapa Hills,” told an audience at North Mason Timberland Library on Feb. 8. Romer said her interest in fire look— outs started 20 years ago. She began C mpany Top Quality Western Red Cedar Lumber of All Types We deliver 327 by following hiking guides, and after visiting more than 500 sites, wrote her own guidebook in 2022. You won’t find descriptions of most of these trails online or in other books, she said. Romer studied maps, planned routes and scouted the hikes. They all lead to areas where fire lookouts once were, though today sometimes all that remains are scattered debris, bits of concrete or just a clearing. 360.427.611 0 ‘N. ‘ n r yjdel’ New Ownership N J :1"? Nate Welland Devin Goss . SEPTIC MW . «e: . ‘ Al' h w If w E: We: (gravlias ‘Ly Kayla Dickson PORTABLE TOILET RENTALS SEPTIC PUMPING MAINTENANCE V aaasptiesheltn.ee “So very few fire lookout buildings are still standing,” she said. Plenty of historical photographs are included in the book, so you can Visu- alize the structures, which were typi- cally towers with cabins on top. The lookouts were staffed dur- ing fire season until the 1960s, when air patrols became the choice meth— od to spot forest fires, Romer said. By the 1970s. most of the lookouts in CALL 360-275-426 i ORTH‘iMASOV'N EHAMBER or COMMERCE Mire-ii; mamas , it JESFIELD Construction, Inc. 3‘ Serving the North Mason area since 1968 Western Washington were abandoned or demolished. ‘ The first lookout on the Olympic Peninsula was Finley Peak, by Lake Quinault, built in 1916. The hike to Finley Peak is one of two backpacking routes in the book. Most of the hikes can be done in a day and are rated on a 1 to scale for difficulty. see AUTHOR, page 38 Specializing in Seawall Repair, Remodeling and Additions 360-275-6684 Sieve Merrill Allyn, WA Lic #JESFII‘228DO Brawn Lawsin l Vimox CENTER ENLARGE Mitt. lift}, Q-fitiil‘tiivl 3éi}.2?§.42e}' l NORTHMASONCHAMBERJCOM