OffBeat Pathfinder Basecamp

Met a guy on the bluff overlook who said he used to raft down the river “before it was cool” (and before GPS). He gave me directions to the best wine slushy, then disappeared. True story or did I hallucinate him after three samples?

I went lookin for Whisperin Cave, never found it, found a bunch of muddy dogs instead. Met a family makin s’mores in the parking lot, said they got rained out but still had fun.


Keep your phone charged, no service half the time. Trails get real slick after a rain.


Oh, and don’t feed the ...