Does anyone know how long ago the locked gate was instituted? If I remember
correctly, the gate was being locked back in 1995 when I started up with
observing at the Peak with TAC. Has the gate always been locked?
Peter Natscher
Monterey
> From: Peter J McKone <pmckone@No-Spam>
> Reply-To: The Astronomy Connection <sf-bay-tac@No-Spam>
> Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2003 09:49:28 -0800
> To: sf-bay-tac@No-Spam
> Subject: [TAC] The Gate at Fremont Peak
>
> Perhaps the reason for the gate at Fremont Peak is to protect the
> Ranger's house from inebriated campers, rather than to encourage
> membership in the FPOA? It's unfortunate that the ranger's house and the
> observatory are on the same road. Given the current placement of the
> buildings, it would be hard to demand that the State remove the gate.