Secret Hideout Goes Up in Flames!

I paddled by that treehouse in the madrona below the Cliff House restaurant this morning and was shocked to find it in completely burned down.  The smell of a fresh fire was still in the air.  Somehow I had a feeling that was going to happen sooner or later.  It just looked like a big bonfire waiting to happen.

The Tacoma Lights and Sirens Blog says it occurred on May 7th and was probably caused by a "transient".   KIRO News even posted a video of the treehouse on fire on their website.  Looks like the fire burned a narrow path right up the hill. Apparently the fire didn't keep people from hanging out down there because I still found a bunch of fresh empty Budweiser cans scattered all over the ashes.