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Rick Freimuth scans the horizon looking for smoke, as he and his wife, Linda, have been doing from the Benchmark Lookout Tower for the past three years.
The Benchmark Lookout Tower north of Dolores has been in operation for the past 50 years.
Rick and Linda Freimuth have lived in the Benchmark Lookout Tower for the past three years during fire season northwest of Dolores. The 14-by-14-foot living space is plenty for the two of them, they say.
Rick Freimuth walks up the 100 steps in the Benchmark Lookout Tower where he and his wife, Linda, have lived for the past three years during fire season north of Dolores.
A closer view of Lone Cone as seen from Benchmark Lookout Tower northwest of Dolores.
When not looking for smoke, Linda Freimuth spins yarn to pass the time in the Benchmark Lookout Tower north of Dolores.
Rick Freimuth uses an Osborne Firefinder in the Benchmark Lookout Tower north of Dolores.
Rick Freimuth uses an Osborne Fire Finder in the Benchmark Lookout Tower as his wife, Linda, spins yarn northwest of Dolores. The lookout tower is 42-feet tall and allows fire observers to track fires and feed that information to firefighters.
Gabriel Baldonado became estranged from his family about three years ago after his wife died suddenly, said his sister, Angela Atwood.
