| Santa Ana Mountains Featuring: Blackstar Canyon, Silverado Canyon, Mojeska Canyon, Trabuco Canyon and Santiago Peak |
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| Left and Below: Where Blackstar Canyon meets the Main Divide road are some cool old ruins simply called "Beek's Place". From what I have garnered on the mountain bike websites is that Beek(s) built the two cottages in the 50's and they were later taken over by the Forestry Service who used them and allowed them to become what they are today: Ruins. |
| Above: As you can see, the masonary is quite extensive throughout the property and looks to have had some impressive landscaping at one time |
| Above Left & Right: Andrew and I are still scratching our heads about the purpose of these strange towers at the edge of the property. They stand on a solid concrete foundation so they are certainly not any kind of well. Near as we can figure by the back tilting bracing on the right is that they may have been for windmills of some sort. The thing hanging down the front towards Andrew is a sorry-ass windlass. |
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| Above: Andrew in the doorway of the only structure left standing. It was tiny. About 14'x 8' yet still had it's own fireplace and evidence of a plumbed sink. Left & Bottom: The interior looked burned but the walls are actually painted black with high gloss paint to highlight all the handsome gibberish graffiti. |
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| Left: This is the Doppler Radar facility on the Main Divide, just up the road from Beeks place. The place is totally un-manned and has double redundant backup of desiel and propane fueled generators as well as it's feed off the city grid. |
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| Left & Below: This duplex below the radio facility had its roof collapsed and the interior has been subjected to teenage white-trash angst. Folks out this way will use just about anything to catch bullets. |
| Above: Andrew standing in the now defunct broacast building. Inside was a long wall with double-paned glass in what looked to be a top-notch broadcast booth at one time. |
| Reader Rick Bellis writes: "From what I understand, the tower used to be a lookout during WWII to look for ships off the coast" |