Questhaven... again or the Mystery of an Unassigned House

Open Sesame Trail

Well, since it was nice and cloudy day we decided to go to Questhaven to walk one of their trails. Last time it was too hot there.

Well, we walked a couple of trails. One was supposed to have "roaring waters and waterfalls". It had none since it is not winter and all the water dried out. There was a bunch of boulders though at the end of the trail where one can imagine the water flowing. Very nice.

The trails run through the chaparral hills covered with buckwheat and chamise. There was an old oak tree with a stone bench under it: a so-called meditation area.

There are a couple of trails in order to get to you should ask for a key. But they are very long and uphill and we didn't feel like walking them.

And now I am going to tell you a mystery story. Last time they gave us a map of the premises that showed different buildings marked with numbers 1,2,3, etc. Number 9 was "unassigned". So we naturally assumed that there was a house that was not assigned, in other words an empty house though it was not on the map. We wanted to see it so we asked at the office. The answer will shock you.

Well, maybe not. After all, the thing turned out to be "the thirteenth floor" type prejudice. These people just don't use number nine. The woman in the office parroted some spiel that she evidently memorized without having the least understanding of the whole matter. Pythagoras was duly mentioned of course as well as the "secret" meaning of numbers. Total BS... give me a break...