Tuesday, March 29, 2022

The Hideout

 


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  1. Looks very much like the shacks I used to occupy when guarding ammo dumps in the army in germany mid 70's.

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  2. It's an old fire lookout station. Some can be rented by the day.

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  3. "Built in 1934, the Burley Mountain fire lookout stands about 5,100 feet above sea level and looks over miles of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest (state of Washington). It’s still used in the summer for fire detection on occasion and is also available for overnight rentals."

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  4. May have been a struggle involved for those old boys that hot that material up there. 1934...I'm thinking mules, maybe?

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  5. Dad worked one in the the Idaho Sawtooths, I have a photo somewhere, where he had his USFS horse next to the lookout. One horsepower, Major
    methane greenhouse gas problem. How many forest fires did they quell? Oh, but I digress.

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