Since the age of 18, summer has meant only one thing to Keith Hoofnagle — the chance to pack up his paints and brushes and head for a fire lookout upon a peak where he can watch for fires, commune with nature, and paint to his heart's content. His first lookout summers were spent on the Olympic Peninsula, and later a smoke spotter in Yellowstone National Park. Memories of mountaintop vigils over eleven summers on fire lookouts have always been pivotal in Keith's life. Since the publcation of The Story of Linda Lookout in 1965 (re-released in 2016), he had a stint designing for American Greetings in Cleveland, Ohio, but eventually was among the fortunate few to have a career in the National Park Service. He currently resides at his small farm in Skamokawa, WA. Recently he designed the exhibit 'Legacy of the Columbia River Fishery' — a Washington State Historical Society award winner; and panels interpreting a Historical Register-listed Bowpicker gillnet boat displayed at Skamokawa's Vista Park. We are still waiting for the publication of his book: 'Confessions of a Madcap National Park Service Cartoonist' — a collection of his 'in-house' NPS cartoons and related memorabilia.