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The old fire lookout. It burned down a few years ago apparently from a kitchen fire. It was demolished the next season -presumably by the crushing forces of irony.
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Josh and I standing atop the Charlatan, photo taken by Margi (she works in the lookout)through the telescope on the lookout.
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Ted Baker
Feb 8, 2015
“The old fire lookout. It burned down a few years ago apparently from a kitchen fire. It was demolished the next season -presumably by the crushing forces of irony.”  

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