Two Lane Touring

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This is the shakiest and most uncomfortable fire tower I have ever climbed. It is 89 feet hight and built in 1929. So it has been upright a long time. The first two sets of steps were rebuilt with metal the rest were thick wooden boards and not all of them were even. The railings were added on the lower portion and they were about waist high but the top three platforms were only a bit over my knee. The very top was two and one half boards wide. The metal seemed very thin and not at all sturdy. Nonetheless, it is still enduring nearly 100 years in and they still let you climb, which is very neat. The view was supposed to be 10 miles and it might have been but only the tops of trees.

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