The views from Richmond Site were spectacular. A large reservoir and the Kum River could be seen to the northeast. It was always magnificent to see the low lands and valleys below filled with fog and only the tops of the highest peaks poking above the fog layer like islands in an ocean. Later when I got back to the United States, it took me awhile to get unaccustomed to being on top of a mountain and I missed the views very much. Sometime on a calm and clear night we could see the lights from our neighboring sites Salem, Tacoma and Highpoint, twinkling 25-30 mi. away. Sometime we saw flares going off and rushed to a radio to call to see if all was o.k. It too was usually the weather or an animal setting off a trip flare