Last week some friends had an extra night in a fire tower...and there was nothing that would have kept me away.
Not a National Weather Service Storm Warning for the area (for high winds).
Not the fact that I forgot chains for my car (realized that when I got to the lookout tower).
Not that I couldn't get anyone to go with me, so I would have to go alone.
Not the possibility that I would have to snowshoe 3 miles... alone... in the dark to get there.
Anyway- despite all that... I made it!
Have you ever stayed the night alone in a fire tower, during a windstorm
Don't.
Seriously. DON'T.
I was terrified. Actually I was BEYOND terrified. IT WAS HORRIBLE.
I was so so so so so sure that I was going to die... either by someone coming up and murdering me, by freezing to death, by carbon monoxide poising from the fireplace. Every possibility was thought of.
I got there within 5 minutes of it becoming totally dark. I can not even imagine how I could have possibly hiked in the dark without having a heart attack.
However-the cabin itself was so cute!
I took these in the morning- note the frozen snow on the window :/
^^this cute map would have been helpful if I could see more then 5 feet in front of my face :)
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