You don't really expect it in your neighborhood, or in your driveway, or in your GARAGE!! Yesterday while I was loading up the Jeep, I forgot to shut the garage door for about 30 minutes. Pretty soon I heard a door shut and the dogs starting barking up a storm. Thank goodness for puppies. Not seeing anyone out the front window, I went around to the side to find some kid on a skateboard INSIDE my garage.
He's lucky he's alive. I grabbed my gun and pulled back the window shade where he could clearly see me. He jumped on his skateboard and made a beeline for the street with me hot on his tail. Later in the day I spotted a skateboard in the yard of a house four doors down. It was probably just a nosey neighbor teenager, but I'm willing to bet he won't be trying that again. I kind of like being the crazy lady with a gun!!
I double and triple checked everything in the garage ... especially making sure all my door openers were still in the vehicles. Nothing was missing, thanks to the puppies who have super hearing.
The very next morning some guy held up a Valero gas station about three miles away, then hit the Circle K about a mile from my house. Good grief ... this is getting ridiculous!! Are you SURE there isn't a full moon?? I keep my doors locked at all times.
Then there was the prison incident. Apparently this was never advertised as a maximum security prison, even though it was built that way. Who would know that information unless you worked there, right? I actually have a friend who is a guard at that establishment. He tells me all kinds of stories about the ineptness of the Federal Prison system. Those stories have always kept me on guard, plus you KNOW I watch all those Cop shows.
It's been there for a long time now with no escapes. Trouble is, there is always the FIRST. It happened last week. Not that I think an escaped prisoner would come to my house, after all, there are hundreds of houses between the prison and me. I keep my doors locked anyway.
The BIG problem was that the Prison decided NOT ... I repeat ... NOT to notify anyone of the escape for over four hours, putting all of us in this area at risk. I don't know the details ... something about there not being a guard in the tower when the guy climbed the fence.
The County Sheriff wasn't a happy camper when he was asked to help catch the guy, since HE wasn't notified of the escape either. The good news is that they DID catch him and he was returned to his new digs in the Shoe ... solitary confinement .... bread and water.
I'm sure that didn't bode well for the Prison Warden. Somebody got a big red X on his evaluation. I have no doubt security will be MUCH better ... at least for awhile.
I spent the evening at the Elks Cattlemen's dinner. Cowboys know how to do it up right. They had appetizers ... no one ever has appetizers!! I'm sure some wished there WASN'T any when they heard what they were eating. Calf fries, rocky mountain oysters ... you know, the parts from making a bull into a steer. That's something I'm pretty used to, having been raised on a cattle ranch. They were a tad overcooked, but I think that was an attempt to disguise what they really were.
Then they served the biggest rib eye steak I've ever seen. It covered 3/4 of the plate and I brought 3/4 of it home, along with half a baked potato and a passel of green beans. That will be TWO more meals for me.
This morning I'm back on sprinkler detail. It seems the Castle Ghost is still lurking in the shadows. I made double sure that my sprinklers would NOT run on Friday when the mowers and blowers show up. Sure enough, they ran this morning anyway. I'm now thinking it must have the wrong DATE. I'll check it out, and I'll carry a baseball bat when I do .... you know, just in case.
Oysters 🐚 Ok,, cowboys🐂🌈,,,,,, I'll stick with the steak thank you
ReplyDeleteSo,, when you do a trip to Vail backtrack to Tucson stop in Pinnacle Peak steakhouse there on Tanque verde rd Tucson cowgirl Boots and hat are a must along with a big appetite,,, it's also a re-created western theme town
Thank you ... that's going on my list!! Actually I've seen the little town but never stopped there.
DeleteHave you shopped for you collection of "matching holsters to outfits" yet? In AZ you can freely open carry...and they do...and I feel very safe because they do.
ReplyDeleteIn the part of Arkansas I lived in we had five or six prisons in the county or slightly outside the county. One was not too far from the house we raised the kids in (former wife and I), and they had a few escapes, and one of them was caught on our street in the backyard of someone's house....lucky they came out alive. Another took one of my former workers, whose father worked for the prison system and so their house was on prison grounds, but outside the gate, anyway, took her hostage for a awhile....he was lucky to come out alive too. Finally, another in the southern part of the county escaped and killed a couple of people...that guy was executed as part of the six people Arkansas executed last month...at least 'he' won't be killing anyone else.
Be safe...start collecting your holsters. :)
YIKES!!! Hopefully they have upgraded the prisons to keep them INSIDE!!
DeleteCan't blame you for carrying if you live in an area like that. Even though you say he was younger he knows that he had no right being in your garage. You'll have to remember to keep the door closed because that is an open (Pardon the pun) invitation to trouble. Give your Security Guards and extra treat for a job well done.
ReplyDeleteBe Safe and Enjoy!
It's about time.
Yup ... they got a beggan strip EACH for that one! I'm always very careful about keeping the garage doors closed, I just fell down on the job. You can bet that won't happen again!! LOL
DeleteAge does not matter. My older brother was murdered in front of his wife and kids by a 16 year punk.
ReplyDeleteBesides prison escapees, prison towns often draw the families of the inmates, who move nearby to make visiting easier. Probably not the best people to have in your community. Sell that place and move to your new one in Arizona.
Gosh Nick, that's AWFUL!! And it's not getting any better! Yes, prisons do attract prison families, raising the crime rate no doubt. I'm so happy to have my little Lost Horse Ranch house to fall back on!!
DeleteWell I hate to be the bearer of bad news but there's also a 4500 person prison facility in Southeast Tucson but if it's any good news if they got stripes you could shoot. But only if they're on the outside
ReplyDeleteAnd no not the road clean up gang,,, They're cool ˌkiːmoʊˈsɑːbiː
I'm hoping that Arizona is a little more careful with their prisoners than California. Here they seem to let them run the place!! You're right though, stripes are an easy target!!
DeleteBut on a brighter note I think you'll feel more relaxed and comfortable in your new gig
ReplyDeleteJust remember one thing if any special created experimental food goes south it'll be harder to dig a hole in Arizona dirt,, post hole digger's won't cut it,,but a good thing is Ace Hardware has pick axes on sale
I think being a train lover you're going to find it relaxing and enjoying sitting out on your back porch or yard watching the woo woos go by and it would be interesting to see how long before you come up with a train schedule
Once you get your computer set up,, I will look up and see if I can find the trains Radio frequency for that area that you could also listen to
What? I thought the desert was all sand ... easy digging!!
DeleteTrain radio frequency? WOW!! Now THAT would be cool!!