Devil's Head Lookout

Just finished a fun short hike up to Devil's Head fire lookout station! Such a delightful trail, with lots of shade. There is still lots of debris lying around, from the F1 tornado that came through here last year. Ranger Bill had a little story about his experience during that storm. We saw lots of beautiful wildflowers along the trail. It was nice to see them sprouting up, between all the trees that were felled by the tornado. A small testimony, to the hardiness of nature. 

I used my Theodolite iPhone app, to identify some landmarks off in the distance - Bill thought it was pretty cool. It's kind of the poor man's version of the fancy sighting guide he uses, to spot fires from the lookout station. There are lots of really beautiful large rock formations in this area. Mandy made it all the way up the 150 stairs by herself – albeit with some trepidation and shakiness, after she could see 50 miles between the stairs, toward the top – what a trooper.  

There is a beautiful vista view from up there, of Denver to the north, the front range and plains to the east, the rocky mountains off to the west, Pike's Peak off to the south, and some interesting weather (thunderstorms) moving through our area nearby. We had a pleasant lunch in the meadow below the lookout station, and were visited by a handful of persistent chipmunks.