Sepia hues dotted the landscape amidst sparse, lingering amber and burnt crimson. Goldenrod danced in the breeze. Waterlogged clouds released their burden as the Deer Haven Park tour bus pulled away from the Visitor Center. Tourists had requested optional walking tours and obliging, the park had sold out for this maiden journey.

A bus ride hosted the beginning and end of the event as the tour guide relayed historical highlights during the roughly two-mile drive deep into and out of the park. While entering the Bravo block, senses were heightened as a herd of brown whitetail were encountered calmly grazing.

Upon disembarking, the adventurers were pleased to see the rain had dissipated. A few hundred feet ahead the group made their first stop to assess an abandoned red ceramic building. Built in 1941, these buildings once accommodated black powder silk ammo bags, later transitioning to mini on base military maintenance and storage facilities. A ghost........

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