other picture-taking Asians driving through the Texas countryside.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
"Romans" here respect private property. We are flattered you want to take pictures of your smoking hot girlfriend with a Texas Sunset in a pasture with too-tall KR Bluestem ... but you need to get permission lest your evening get ruined by LEO involvement ... or worse. Nevermind the time of year where our rattlesnakes are looking to search for their winter dens.
I was taking my mother back home after springing for supper OUT. As I approached her driveway, I noticed a vehicle at the driveway just down the road of the property next door. Rather than turn into Mom's drive, I extended. They were in the bar ditch at the time, so, knowing this property's owner, I turn up his driveway to make our interested presence known. About 15 minutes later, I've got Mom home and leaving her driveway (yes, the neighbor and Mom have a gate between them, so we trucked through the pasture to her house) ... I see the couple's vehicle is still in the bar ditch right next to the driveway ... but now the girl, in her pumps and this monstrosity of a flower arrangement ... is walking up the neighbor's pasture and the boyfriend? photographer is not far behind.
Well, I don't have this guy's complete rolodex of friends. Since my first pass didn't motivate them to leave, perhaps they really DO have a right to be where they are. I know the man of the house, however, is gone and the lady is home alone with the kids. So ... I return to their driveway, stop my truck and ask them if they knew who owned the property they'd accessed? The man just grinned. The girl stated in broken English they were "just taking pictures." Clearly they weren't a threat, but neither was it proper for them to be there without asking permission ... which I was willing to offer, but as soon as I started talking, they returned to their car, packed up and left.
Two purposes ... one, determine the threat level. two, offer aid if they were in need of help ... but since there was no threat and they needed no assistance, they WERE lacking in permission and I tried to explain the law regarding trespassing. They departed in what I presume was a rental ... Louisiana plates. Never saw 'em again.
So ... respect private property. Good fences make good neighbors ... and even a bad fence makes an excellent property line marker. If it's not yours, don't presume authorization to be there.
That is all.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
"Romans" here respect private property. We are flattered you want to take pictures of your smoking hot girlfriend with a Texas Sunset in a pasture with too-tall KR Bluestem ... but you need to get permission lest your evening get ruined by LEO involvement ... or worse. Nevermind the time of year where our rattlesnakes are looking to search for their winter dens.
I was taking my mother back home after springing for supper OUT. As I approached her driveway, I noticed a vehicle at the driveway just down the road of the property next door. Rather than turn into Mom's drive, I extended. They were in the bar ditch at the time, so, knowing this property's owner, I turn up his driveway to make our interested presence known. About 15 minutes later, I've got Mom home and leaving her driveway (yes, the neighbor and Mom have a gate between them, so we trucked through the pasture to her house) ... I see the couple's vehicle is still in the bar ditch right next to the driveway ... but now the girl, in her pumps and this monstrosity of a flower arrangement ... is walking up the neighbor's pasture and the boyfriend? photographer is not far behind.
Well, I don't have this guy's complete rolodex of friends. Since my first pass didn't motivate them to leave, perhaps they really DO have a right to be where they are. I know the man of the house, however, is gone and the lady is home alone with the kids. So ... I return to their driveway, stop my truck and ask them if they knew who owned the property they'd accessed? The man just grinned. The girl stated in broken English they were "just taking pictures." Clearly they weren't a threat, but neither was it proper for them to be there without asking permission ... which I was willing to offer, but as soon as I started talking, they returned to their car, packed up and left.
Two purposes ... one, determine the threat level. two, offer aid if they were in need of help ... but since there was no threat and they needed no assistance, they WERE lacking in permission and I tried to explain the law regarding trespassing. They departed in what I presume was a rental ... Louisiana plates. Never saw 'em again.
So ... respect private property. Good fences make good neighbors ... and even a bad fence makes an excellent property line marker. If it's not yours, don't presume authorization to be there.
That is all.
