Overnight trip to fivemile Butte lookout tower

This was a two day trip to fivemile Butte lookout tower. The video includes details on How to get to the tower operation of items in the tower and the trip back.  hope you’re enjoying the video. Thanks for watching. 

[@MrVanFosson]

Awesome joining you, it was a well needed trip.

[@swithinbarclay4797]

Your pooch reminds me of skiing at California's Kirkwood about 35 years ago. I got to see one of their Ski Patrol SAR K-9's in action, The best that I recall, the dog was a Golden Retriever, and the dog was quite skilled in boarding and getting off the chairlift, standing by his human partner on the loading ramp. Once on top, the human half would drop down 200+or-' in elevation, and somehow the dog would keep up, somehow floating on the soft fluffy stuff. Of course, the Patrolman never really opened up on his speed, so that they could stay together. The human would then pause, and for several repeated times, the dog would practice his excavations, as if going after avalanche victims. It was a real treat to pause on my own run, and watch a different intelligent being in action. I could almost say that dogs are nearly human themselves, but without the wiles, guiles, and ulterior motives that us humans are notorious for, plus they never run out of lickie-kissees!
I'd always wondered myself what it would be like to board a few days at an old Lookout. A lot would have a ground shack at the tower's bottom, where you could not only take care of one's comforts, but do showers, dish washing, and laundry, too; was this one that well-equipped? It may appear tough to secure running water, but with a little ingenuity, a spring could be located, and its waters could be pumped into a cistern. Was that stove good at getting things cosy and toastie, and staying that way for a few hours, after the coals die down? Because in the hottest summers, some of those towers could throw their window wide open, in strong heat waves.
In a lot of cases, I think that towers can still do a great job as good, if not better, spottin' them "weenie roasts"--before they get out of hand--as opposed to all of this newfangled digital satellite detection stuff, because the lookout is seeing the smoke sprout up on REAL TERRAIN, not a computer graphic.

[@RoamtheNorthwest]

Thanks for posting this! We’re headed up soon so it’s nice to get a sneak preview of things to come.

[@AdventurewithRover]

Thanks for watching.