It's mid-May. Schools will be letting out soon. The weather is warming up. There's been a spate of activity down at the main low-water bridge, where people are parking in an area with signs that proclaim NO PARKING, and sitting on the edge of the bridge fishing, with some wading in the creek. Aside from their illegal parking, and the litter of water/soda/Gatorade bottles they leave on the ground, I suppose this activity is not something the county sheriff's deputies would pursue.
Now the Creechers are on OUR road. Like I said, they can play all they want in the creek. Legally. As long as they park their vehicles along the county road that their taxes maintain. It's when they drive a quarter-mile up into our enclave, and park on the gravel road that our parsimonious pockets pay for, that I have a problem. Also, they block one whole side of our gravel road. On a curve, no less!
Saturday on my way home, I saw two Creechers getting out of their small sedan, as I had to move into the oncoming traffic side of our gravel road on a curve, to avoid hitting their sedan. They looked around 18-20. Old enough to know better. The guy was wearing a tank top and cargo shorts. The girl was in booty shorts and a spaghetti-strap top. She held a seat-cushion type of flotation device. The guy was smirking as I drove by. They were headed for the little waterfall area on our creek.
I did not take a picture as I wanted. Val is no Karen. Still, taking a picture might have dissuaded them from a repeat visit. How about parking your dang sedan out on the blacktop road that your (or your parents') taxes pay for, and walking a quarter mile up the creek to get to this spot? Or maybe buy some land that borders on this creek?
The landowners of our enclave did not buy their properties, nor pay taxes on them, and pay for road gravel, just so people they have no connection with can use this area for recreation or secret trysts.
People these days feel so entitled...
Perhaps you could politely ask that they park just a little further off the gravel road so that cars can pass easily.
ReplyDeleteThere is no room. It's a road. Then woods. No area for parking. Besides, I feel no need to be polite to trespassers. You might as well invite people to camp on your lawn, who may never leave.
DeleteThere are two state parks in our county. Both have swimming areas. They are free, and open to the public. No need for people to park themselves on the property of others, disrupting traffic flow, and leaving trash behind.
We had a lovely natural badlands area - folks used to park on the side of the road, walk over them etc(I confess I did it) THEN- the city/region wised up, closed it off and put in a proper lot etc for folks. They definitely should not be parking on your gravel road and impeding the way in and out! Folks are indeed very damn rude.
ReplyDeleteEspecially since there are TWO signs at the entrance of our gravel road, proclaiming that it is PRIVATE PROPERTY, for landowners only. It's not like they could pretend they didn't know it wasn't a public road.
DeleteSince it is posted maybe you could have a deputy come out and ask them to park elsewhere. I never had any qualms about yelling at trespassers in my park! No problem telling Deputy Dolittle to do his job, either. Of course I wasn't ever alone there with so many campers staying full time and they would have had my back.
ReplyDeleteNot sure they would still be there by the time a deputy would arrive. I'm think this would be low on the priority list.
DeleteYeah, I sometimes had to remind the sheriff's people that I paid taxes and that I also brought money into the community. Furthermore, I can read and write and I vote!
DeleteYou are more likely to be reckoned with than wimpy Val!
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