SAN DIEGO – Bumping along Proctor Valley Road in Chula Vista in pursuit of my recent hike, I started to have some reservations.
There I was – with my mom and her dog, Milo, in tow – driving toward what appeared to be nowhere. It was beautiful, as the early Thursday morning light tipped over the rolling hills. But much of the surrounding areas were marked with “no trespassing” signs, and we didn’t see any other possible hikers driving in or walking in the distance.
All to say, it was a little unnerving. One local ghost tour operator website says that the road even “looks like something straight out of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.”…