Campfire Series: May 25, 2012, Okanogan National Forest, First Butte Fire Lookout, North 48.61934 West 120.10805
Matt and I spent the holiday weekend camping in Okanogan National Forest on the east side of the North Cascades in Washington State.
I’ve always loved campfires. Watching a campfire is a great meditation that blurs boundaries, releases old mental patterns, and opens the mind to new ways of seeing.
I’ve always loved campfires. Watching a campfire is a great meditation that blurs boundaries, releases old mental patterns, and opens the mind to new ways of seeing.
We camped at the bottom of First Butte Fire Lookout.
Campfire Series: May 26, 2012, Okanogan National Forest, 8 Mile Creek, North 48.73785 West 120.28925
Each night, we camped at different sites, and I became enamored with the different characteristics of each fire, the placement of the wood, the sparks, the glow... the dance.
Campfire Series: May 27, 2012, Okanogan National Forest, Andrews Creek Trailhead, North 48.78430 West 120.10781
Our third night out, we stayed in the Chewuch River Canyon. My heart was nearly ripped out when we read the interpretive signage describing the Thirtymile Fire that occurred in July 2001. The fire started in a campsite; a camper left his fire unattended and it spread, went out of control, and killed four firefighters within 24 hours. Eleven years later, we could still see evidence of the fire's devastation throughout the canyon, and we plan to hike up the river canyon into the Pasayten Wilderness on our next trip there. Needless to say, we made sure our fires were dead-out before we went to sleep.
