After the ebikes took us three miles down a dirt mountain road we came to the fire tower. The Kadizzles have been to just about every fire tower in a hundred miles, but one. Naturally these towers were built for the view. Strangely we have known several couples that spent summers in the towers.
Back to the view, there is nothing like the view from a fire tower, you can see for fifty or sixty miles in every direction. Reaching the tower we wanted to go to the top, something we always manage to do. These towers are usually protected by a fence. Vandals are everywhere, and destroy things just to imitate Republicans. This tower was no exception. It looked like this tower might be manned. Kadizzle whistled and it was not long before a young guy appeared. We explained we were Forest Service volunteers and he came down and let us go to the top.
He was a single guy and leading an isolated life which he seemed to enjoy. He had just made some homemade bagels. They looked good. Kadizzle noticed a pathetic bed with no mattress. It was just a piece of plywood. The tower occupant explained he did not sleep there, he went to his van below the tower and slept. Sleeping in a fire tower would be very windy, with a lot of noise.
Ironically while we were there a radio call came in and sure enough another tower had spotted a fire. We could see the smoke. Fires are located with triangulation. Since this meant the fire tower watchman was busy we had to leave.
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