I have two working nodes built on NanoStation M2N units. They check out fine, I also have a managed switch available. My desire was to deeply these and use a tunnel to link to other nodes. Looking at your map, there is another node about 7 miles away that I might be able to see, but otherwise i am an island.
I got back into Ham Radio now I am in semi retirement with the specific aim of looking into mesh radio. I have a strong career in digital communications and this seems a good fit.