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JACKPOT! I was able to make contact with Robert Dintaman who is the Fire Control Officer out of the Mesa Ranger District Field Office. We are good to go on the 14th for an afternoon visit to the fire tower. And,,,,, it gets better. He has already reached out to the volunteer fire watcher (his name is Rob too, the older guy with the pooch up there for those of us who went up last year) and alerted him that we are coming with a group.
We may only be able to go up 4 at a time, but I guess that is Rob’s (the dog guy) call. I also let them know that around 1430hrs or later would be good for us so that gives us time to get up to the summit, have lunch, relax, etc. Rob the tower guy takes lunch from 1300 to 1400.
Rob the FCO asked me to text him when we get up there and he will drive out to meet us at the gate so we can take our rig’s to the top instead of hiking that last ½ mile. He is 1.5 hours away and he stressed that he has no problem at all to drive up since he is working weekends anyway.
A bunch of Cruisers parked next to the antenna arrays on top of Mt Ord overlooking the valleys below should make for some cool club photo’s! I am bringing my tri-pod
We may only be able to go up 4 at a time, but I guess that is Rob’s (the dog guy) call. I also let them know that around 1430hrs or later would be good for us so that gives us time to get up to the summit, have lunch, relax, etc. Rob the tower guy takes lunch from 1300 to 1400.
Rob the FCO asked me to text him when we get up there and he will drive out to meet us at the gate so we can take our rig’s to the top instead of hiking that last ½ mile. He is 1.5 hours away and he stressed that he has no problem at all to drive up since he is working weekends anyway.
A bunch of Cruisers parked next to the antenna arrays on top of Mt Ord overlooking the valleys below should make for some cool club photo’s! I am bringing my tri-pod