Rick
I am planning on leaving Mesa about 1300, will; look for you on the
Beeline.........Joe
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tejera, Rick" <rtejera@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 10:01
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: 5 Mile Meadow, prescribed burns, and other
useful info.....
> I was planning on taking the beeline, since I'm leaving from work in
> Scottsdale about midday Friday. Also may stop and say hi to a friend in
> Pine. I think I take the FR229 since Steve's already been down that road
and
> FR 305 is further up from the direction I'm coming.
> If any one else is leaving from the east side (AJ?), let me know and maybe
> we can convoy. I'm planning on leaving work (airpark) about 1200 and
hitting
> the supermarket for provisions. hope to be on the road by 1300.
>
> Clear Skies
> Rick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thad Robosson [mailto:starstarcracker@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 8:47 AM
> To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [AZ-Observing] 5 Mile Meadow, prescribed burns, and other
> useful info.....
>
>
> Hey All,
> Well, just got off the phone with a couple different Ranger Stations, and
> what I've learned appears favorable given the circumstances. The one I
was
> worried about, the Apache Maid/Stoneman Lake burn, there really isn't much
> info on.
> However, I did learn of a much larger one (2500 acres) that has been going
> on 8 miles south of Happy Jack on/around FR81, which is S/SW of our site
by
> a few miles. The one nice ranger I talked to knew the area and said the
> smoke in general is subsiding ("The only thing blocking the sun is the
> clouds"). He even added that the winds "generally" turn to the SW at
night,
> and any leftover smoke "should" drain into the West Clear Creek basin.
> Given our site is higer, we "should" be OK. He didn't know about the
Apache
> Maid burn (different ranger district that is not currently available), but
> said that any smoke from that also should drain down into Brady Canyon,
> given favorable wind conditions....Our mileage may vary, but at least
we've
> got hope.
>
> Tidbit of Trivial info....the official name of 5 Mile Meadow is "Buck
Butte
> Meadow". The guy knew exactly where I was talking about.
>
> Also, he did say that we could save a good bit of time and even more
mileage
> by getting off of I-17 at exit 306 aka Stoneman Lake Road, aka FR213.
> Follow it around the South side of what's left of Stoneman Lake (we may
> catch a glimpse of a pocket of water he sez, "don't bother bringing the
boat
> along"...) and continue on FR213 until you get to Lake Mary Road. About
> five miles after turning onto Lake Mary Road, look for the Ranger Station.
> 1/4 mile south of that, there's turnoff (a right, headed West) for FR305,
> which he says is better than FR229 and shorter, and best of all, takes us
to
> the same junction where the meadow is. He added that around Stoneman Lake
> there is about 8 miles of washboardy roads, but was very confident
sounding
> that this is the best route in terms of time and mileage despite this.
Any
> thoughts on this Steve Coe?
>
> I did ask about coming in the "back" way on FR229 (from FR213), and he did
> say not to bother, that road is nasty.
>
> Hope I've helped, and may we all get a star filled, cloud, smoke, and dew
> free weekend.
> Thad
>
>
>
>
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