
Lightning Bill Austin
A place dedicated to the art, poetry, and photos inspired by life as a fire lookout in the Methow Valley of Washington State.
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A place dedicated to the art, poetry, and photos inspired by life as a fire lookout in the Methow Valley of Washington State.
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With winter now heading towards spring (if you call this winter - lol!) I will be doing some work on a few areas of my site here. I will be blogging more often to keep you updated on happenings and such and the header photo above will also change with the seasons. I`ll also be working on getting visitors photos from 2007 through 2009 (minus a few because of my learning the digital camera). Sorry to those of you I accidentally deleted. Also i will be adding new works on both my Zazzle Stores - do keep in touch with them through the quick links to the left here or above by clicking the “Shop” button. If you have an interesting story or information you would like to share please e-mail it to my e-mail address to the left here in the Facebook box. I truly hope you enjoy your visit and do return soon.
Thought it`s about time for an update on what’s happening. Lookout time is winding down quickly. The shutdown date at this time is Saturday, 9-26-09 unless extended– which of course I`m hoping for. All in all we had a great summer at Goat Peak. It started out with a “BANG”: a lot of wet lightning and lots of small fires. Since then it slowed down a bunch with some rain from the storms we have gotten.
As of right now we are just entering into a low pressure once again so we will see if the moisture will continue. I would like to thank all of you who have paid a visit to Goat Peak this summer and also those of you who have visited my Lookout web site and my Zazzle stores. Do keep in touch with the sites and do check out my “Lightning Bill Arts” Zazzle store in the Quick Links along with my new store “Z Best of… Lightning Bill Arts.” You can look me up on Facebook as well.
There is still some lookout time left so do pay a visit. Fall is a beautiful time of year with the Western Larch just now turning yellow and the bird migration is also happening. Thanks again!
If you would like to visit Bill at Goat Peak, he will be there from 12pm on Wednesdays through 3pm on Sundays. These are approximate times and are subject to change.
And of course, you are welcome to hike up to Goat Peak at any time.
Check out Phil Lee’s story about the Summit Prairie Lookout in Lookout Lore.
Bill will be returning to Goat Peak Lookout on June 16 for another busy summer.
In other news, he experienced a catastrophic computer failure and will be “out of service” electronically for the next 2-3 weeks.