During my 100hikes project, I was fortunate enough to visit the Vetter Mountain Lookout before the Station Fire took it from us. While there, I got a tour of the small 14×14-foot building and the tools the volunteers use to help spot forest fires. Along with the Osbourne Fire Finder and a large topographic map [...]

I’m an old fashioned kind of guy.  I don’t have a fancy phone.  I like good black and white films.  And I prefer the printed page over the digital one.  I love the musty smell of the old books, those annals of yellowed paper wrapped in Moroccan leather.  Magazines have a special place in my [...]