Well from the NPS announcement and photo -- it looks like the LO was ( partially ) wrapped in the last couple of days.  The Desolation Trail and Camp are both now closed. [...]

As you can see the Border fire perimeter is getting awful close to Desolation Peak & LO up on the Northern end of Ross.  I wouldn't be surprised if they evacuated Jim and wrapped [...]

I read the first 60 pages or so of the new book I mentioned in the previous post STRUCK.  I have to warn you that it is not the typical fire lookout memoir.  She [...]

B It has been awhile since posting---still recovering from my leg surgeries.  The North Cascades Park has 2 fires burning currently-- both I think are being fully suppressed ( which kinda [...]

That 120 foot long manuscript of On the Road by Jack was recently sold auction  for $ 12,135,00 to a singer --- Zach Bryan.  It sounds as if he plans to create a museum [...]

ON May 23,2026--just a couple of weeks ago--the New York Times published a remembrance of Jack Kerouac by a girlfriend -- Joyce Johnson. The essay is titled: " What Gets Kept ".  It is [...]

Hi all, its been a rough last couple of months for me with a knee replacement in early April and then the complication of a leg fracture associated with the prosthesis. Argggh.  So it [...]

I was not aware of this book until last week.  It is a compilation of short stories and observations by Jack. I will be looking it over to see if there are any references [...]

I got an email from Jim, the lookout on Deso the last 10 years or so. He will be there again this summer.  Yea !!  I am glad the NPS continues to fund that [...]

Jim, the current Desolation LO, has many talents.  One of them is that he is professional artist and taught drawing at Western Washington University here in Bellingham. He sends me a cool Christmas card [...]