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Opinion: Observations of a fire lookout

The business part of the job—plotting smokes.
Rick Freimuth
The business part of the job—plotting smokes.

From May to September in southern Colorado, Rick Freimuth's searches the Four Corners area from a fire tower perched at 9,624 feet, his day not the official 8 hours but more like 12 when the sun shines. He and his wife Linda love the job and miss it when winter closes in.