CAMPING IN COLORADO

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Pawnee Buttes
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Pawnee Buttes
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Once a Cretaceous ocean, the remote South Platte River basin of Weld County, Colorado, is home to Pawnee National Grassland.⁣ ⁣

Towering above the high plains, Pawnee Buttes host nesting birds of prey. Decedents now circle and soar over dry washes where fossil hunters have flocked since 1870.

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CAMPING IN WASHINGTON

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Junior Point Lookout -- Chelan Lake, Washington
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Junior Point Lookout -- Chelan Lake, Washington
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A crumbling stairway leads into a smoke grey sky and a concrete slab keeping overwatch in the remote territory west of Chelan Lake. The remains underfoot are becoming a part of the surrounding terrain; you have to know where to look. Fire-watchers built various versions of a Junior Point Lookout structure starting in 1933 along the rocky mountain ridge with a perch that allows unique views and those who make an effort a 360 view of the world around them.

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Salmo Mountain Lookout
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Salmo Mountain Lookout
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Is it even a trip to Washington without a visit to a remote fire outlook? Here’s the drive back down from Salmo Mountain Lookout following along the 2 mile Forest Service spur, NF-270.⁣

Salmo Mountain Lookout, Colville National Forest⁣

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