[AZ-Observing] Re: Fredericksen's Meadow and Back to the Monsoons
- From: Bob Christ <bchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 16:27:39 -0700
This is great news Steve.
For those of us that plan to use Frederickson's Meadow I suggest printing this
email to keep on hand in case push back from a non-knowing Ranger is
encountered going forward.
Bob Christ
On Aug 19, 2013, at 4:11 PM, stevecoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Howdy all;
>
> I drove to the Blue Ridge ranger station today and found very helpful
> folks. Their names were Helen Poe and Marshall (I did not get a last
> name). They said that as long we are parking no further than 300 feet
> from the road there is no problem. I invited them to come out and
> observe, maybe they will take us up on it. They said that they did not
> know how the woman ranger was who would have chased Don off the site and
> I could not help there.
>
> They pointed out on the map another open area near the ranger station
> (about 10 miles north of the cafe and gas station on Hwy. 87). I think
> I found it and there was room for about 4 vehicles.
>
> After that I drove to the usual Fred's Meadow site and paced off 100
> paces for 300 feet. I marked the spot with a log and some rocks (hey,
> it's me). The marker is very close to the distance from the road we
> have used all along. In the hopes that the shooters and fire starters
> will not return often maybe we can still use the site. I plan to go
> there for next New Moon, starting the last Wednesday of August.
>
> I do think that the idea of scouting some new areas is a good one, ya
> can't have too many observing sites. One more thing, Helen said that as
> long as the shooters are being safe, they can shoot all day and all
> night (!) as long as they are not on posted land near houses.
>
> Clear skies to us all;
> Steve Coe
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