Creepy Happenings at a place I Frequent

Now I know most people are not big believers in the supernatural world, but It has been a lifelong struggle for me. I'm not afflicted by hauntings or poltergeist activities, but I am bothered with an extreme desire to find out more of what is really going on. I usually get my kicks off of my weekly viewings of Ghost Adventures. More recently, I seem to be having experiences in other ways.

In the past, I think believe I have been visited by spirits a few different times. One of them was my mom, whom visited me in a dream after months of hard preparation. The other one is more of an angry spirit that visits me from time to time. It used to visit me more when I used to live with my friends family several years ago. My most recent visitation has been drastically different then the other two. Not scary at all, just different.

I'm a frequent customer of a newer local craft brewery called Bottle Logic. It's a convenient joint that's a few miles down the road from where I live. Over the last couple of months, I believe I have been visited by a spirit that lives in the building. On more than one occasion, I've been in the bathroom when all of a sudden a paper towel shoots out of the dispense; one of those automatic ones that look like this. It's happened at least half a dozen times, but more recently has stopped. I had a similar experience where this week where there was a paper towel already loaded for me to grab and I actually see the paper swaying! The only problem is that I am not moving an inch, ten feet away, there are no windows, the door is super heavy and blocking any air from making it inside and the air conditioner is off.

Thankfully, I haven't felt my sanity being threatened like I have in other places like the backside of Frontierland at Disneyland, my work when nobody is there, or the mental hospital I used to walk through at an old job. I wouldn't mind experiencing ghosts in the future; I just dont want the creepy scary movie feeling I get when I watch Ghost Adventures

Any of you have some crazy experiences?

Just Two Blocks from Suburbia

As the year is beginning to wind down, it seems my schedule is ramping up! I can't remember ever having a year like this, where I have absolutely no weekends free until the beginning of November! The only saving grace is that I have nothing boring going on between now and then, its just the sudden rush of activities that have gone up.

I started this month off with a craft beer based camping trip I went on this past weekend called Camp Stout Out. A giant group of people (around 25-30) drove down to Dixon Lake, which is a reservoir/fishing lake, in Escondido, CA to camp out for two nights with a massive growler share the first night and an insane bottle share the second night along with a couple of activities sprinkled throughout the weekend.

The games included a bottle cap guessing game, where a yard long margarita cup (aka Yardarita) was stuffed full of bottle caps and you had to guess how many; a craft beer related quiz that included two rounds of multiple choice questions and a taste test at the end; and a photography contest. There were only a handful of people who participated in the photo contest, so it was a lock for me. Here was my winning picture.

Not as impressive as my other photos, but it still got the job done.

The growler and bottle shares were fairly unique. I figured most people would either bring a stout or an india pale ale, so I went with a mildly sour Clockwiese Berlinnerviesse from Bottle Logic Brewing here in Orange County. If anybody happens to be in the area, I HIGHLY recommend that place.

I had an awesome time other than a few minor issues with ants and the park rangers that kept buzzing us every hour or so. I hope all of you can experience something like this in the future. I have some pictures to share below. Hope you like them.

As much of a shot of the lake as I could get on my iPhone. unfortunately I don't have the panorama app :-(

Found just outside my tent over on the last night. Those raccoons look like they have alien fingers.