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    Forest Fire Lookouts towers for rent

    in Idaho. Last night I watched a documentary of our state's available lookout towers for rent. Of nearly a thousand lookout towers that have existed in the state over the last 125 years about 150 are still in existence and many of them still used as originally intended but there are some that have been renovated and upgraded so that tourists or part time hermits can be way out in the wilderness for as long as they wish. Some are rented only in the winter and others that have been vacated and used only as rentals are available throughout the year.

    It would be a challenge to some of you in the eastern 2/3s of the nation to check into the possibility of spending some quality time in spiritual renewal communing with the Creator of such beauty, writers could have solitude to put their thoughts on paper, others could just get away from the congestion of urbanized areas.

    I believe you could find more information by contacting the Idaho State Forestry Department or the US Forest Service. Just a suggestion for a unique opportunity and experience. Try it, you'll like it.

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    Thanks Jim, I had heard about some that were for sale, but not ones that could be rented. I looked them up, the cost of rental is $50 per night, if you can get one. We'll probably take advantage of this sometime down the road.

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    Some are on cleared promontories rather than high on a tower. One was on a LARGE boulder of which the top quarter was blasted away to provide a 14x14 space on which to build the lookout station. Enjoy, Hal.

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    Thanks Jim Franklin - "thanks" for this post

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