EISPIRATEN

There is a seasonal spring at Guffey, was it flowing?

Thanks for the awesome report! Is Shortcut Rd. Part of 2N23 near where it hits 2? I went a ways up the south end of that canyon last Saturday, was so happy to see all the water.

By location If the creek bed is generally still the same it looks like my tent woulda been set up inside the building;) cue the twilight zone music!

Had I known I would have gone in and warmed up by the fire!

To me it makes sense, your ears trying to decode something that might be in a similar range to speech, or your ears trying to overcome a constant static sound (rushing water) to hear something beyond it and make sense of it... Something along those lines. It almost strikes me as a survival sense ins...

I've heard the talking creek on several occasions in between Cascade and Spruce Grove in SAC while hiking over the years. Always like parts of a distant conversation that you just can't quite make out. Interesting but I'd always thought it was a natural phenomenon, like an audio version of pareidoli...

You can pick up a can of bear assault at big 5 as a last resort defense for about 40 bucks. The location on York in Highland Park has it in stock. I carry one as I have several fairly young children that I hike/backpack/camp with on a regular basis. I'm fairly sure I'll never need it in the San Gabr...

That can be super unnerving! I had a similar thing happen to me a few years back at Valley Forge campsite just below Red Box. A hungry bear that could give a crap no matter what I did to scare him away. I was up through Spruce Grove about three weeks ago and up at Sturtevant. In conversation with th...