Firelookout Charley's Blog

Oh yeah, check out the pictures of the S…

firelookoutcharley — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 05:41:23 +0000

Oh yeah, check out the pictures of the Station Fire I took in my Flickr Account (to the right).

Just checking in. Rains in SoCal are rea…

firelookoutcharley — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 05:40:48 +0000

Just checking in. Rains in SoCal are really heavy and for an entire week. No news yet on Vetter other then we are going to rebuild.

Hi folks. Susan and I just got off the …

firelookoutcharley — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:36:15 +0000

Hi folks. Susan and I just got off the Amsterdam, a Holland America Cruise ship that just took us to Alaska. We took a helicopter to Norris Glacier near Juneau, Alaska. Later the ship sailed to Hubbard Glacier. Wow what a trip. Will follow up with pictures on the flicker site soon.

Dreaming of a future

firelookoutcharley — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:24:20 +0000

<— I just uploaded this image of me posing to sleep in the bed at Vetter Mountain. This picture was in the actual bed there. Vetter Tower is in my memories and my dreams, but via our photos and websites I can share those memories with many via the Internet. Considering that Vetter was built in the 1930′s and had a life expectancy of 20ish years, we got a full 70 out of the old girl. When we rebuild, we can’t build for 20 years, we need to build for the next 100. Time to make a new history.

Vetter Tower Lost

firelookoutcharley — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:13:08 +0000

September 1, 2009 and September 1, 2002 have something in common. They are both dates in time when the Angeles National Forest lost two of their last surviving fire lookout towers that were built in the 1930′s. Vetter Mountain Fire Lookout was lost just a few days ago due to the extreme fire behavior of the “Station Fire”. The Station Fire is the largest fire ever in Los Angeles County since records have been kept from 1892. Vetter Tower will be rebuilt, I have no doubt about it. But for those of us that have memories and stories of the old Mrs. Vetter… those can’t be taken from us. Time to make a new history.

Updates are coming…

firelookoutcharley — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:09:04 +0000

Welcome to my new blog to support my fire lookout activities. I am hoping that this winter I will be able to update my website http://cpwf.org/fire/lookout.html and create a link back to this site.

Fire Lookout Charley