Ghost hunting weekend wrap up!

I have been a terrible, terrible blogger. Been helping out with my dad in his triple bypass recovery (which is  long and painful process for those who know!), getting stung by a bee (when I'm allergic), and dealing with other not so fun things. BUT! I have a fabulous recap of my ghost hunting conference I've been meaning to share. A week over due! I'm so so sorry! So here it is:

I took a Halloween weekend break to attend a ghost hunting conference with other author friends. It was held in the charming, fascinating, TINY town of Port Gamble. Now I'd never ghost hunted, but I have always been fascinated by the idea of it. I've done some research and even have a sexy romantic novella about a ghost hunter and a woman who owns a haunted house (previously published, and I will likely put up on Amazon when I have time!).

There were all levels of ghost hunters, some much more 'equipped' than others. My friends and I being the others. :P Who knew I needed more than wine and chocolate? At night was when the ghost hunts/walks were held, but during the day there were fabulous workshops and speakers such as Neil McNeil who works in parapsychology, spiritual advisor Ankhasha Amenti, and many other fascinating people with fascinating info/stories.

So here's the pics and scoop of what happened. Be sure to read the captions for the scoop!

Here's a group of us (most writers I won't call out!) at lunch together at a tea room. The restaurant was in an old house (as is much of the town) and was super charming. I'm a happy, upbeat person, but in here I started to feel kind of a heaviness, sadness, and the beginning of a headache. (Which I've learned can be picking up on a presence or history of place. I'm still not sure on it all. This was the only place I had this reaction though).

This is the Walker-Ames house, apparently one of the most haunted houses in Washington state. This is one of the places I was able to 'ghost hunt' at night. Which really (since I had no equipment) was using my senses. Kind of like the tea shop where it was all senses and I felt something.

The attic of this house gave me a creepy vibe, a bit uneasy, and my stomach started to hurt. They say this is where the where the nanny lived. I really couldn't wait to get out of there. Then there's just me posing next to the beautiful stairwell (house was seriously beautiful!).

This is in the basement, where we were warned was a lot of activity. AND that the ghost liked women (especially single ones) okay that freaked me out a little. But I went downstairs and didn't feel much. Actually, I found it easier to laugh and joke. Except one corner of the room made me a little nervous. So I took some pics, hoping to see something. Nothing showed up. Then I did that 'hold my camera in front of me and take my own pic' thing and look what showed up. That white line or thing in front of my face was NOT right in front of my face. No idea what that is. Or that mist to my left.

Here's another pic that I took of myself in the basement. At first I noted nothing unusual. Until I remembered one of the guide's saying the ghost/spirit or such liked to pull on girls hair. Do you see that strand of hair lifting off my head in a perfect curve upward? Like someone taller than me is pulling it? Again a little creepy. You can see the static on top of my hair, it doesn't look like the hair going up.

Here's a church we visited. I didn't feel much in here. It was very charming and pretty. I took this pic outside. Could be a fluke on the way I took the picture. But here's what I got. I retook it a second later and it was gone. So who knows.

Here's the cemetery we also toured at night. This is the place I'd be most scared. Wasn't bothered in the least. Found it very peaceful and fascinating.

But over all this was a fabulous, fascinating weekend with friends and adventures. And OMG the best breakfast EVER at the General Store.

Edited to add:

People asked if anything weird has happened since I returned? And I say.. maybe? Could be weird flukey things, but I keep a list now:

-Hat has fallen off the shelf into hamper.

-a light that I was sure had just been off was on

-went to bed with 3 bars of battery life on cell, woke up to it beeping low (can't remember that ever happening!)

-went to bed with that psychic lady's card on my bedside table, woke up to it bent and on the floor

-my blue tooth (which was in my purse in the other room) turned on in the middle of a phone call on my cell phone

-phone turns on and off quite a bit recently

-I'll Be Watching You by Sting was on my car radio every day at least once for three days, until I said 'why is this song always on?' then it hasn't returned.