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It was a ten-mile hike to the Breton lookout, and much of that hike was uphill. Most lookout towers had fire roads for maintenance purposes. This one did too, but it took such a long and winding route that they'd decided to take a more direct scenic route through the forest instead.
The trail was a series of long switchbacks up the gentle slope of a hogback ridge. They walked through mixed woodlands of pine, aspen and birch, a terrain very familiar to Rollo from all his firefighting experience. The views that kept unfolding the higher they got were stunning. The deciduous trees looked almost garishly autumnal, a carpet of russet and persimmon and gold unfurling down the slopes.
His heart hurt for Brianna. What could he do to help build her resistance to Finn? As long as she kept babb
