Private Property.
If it's a top secret military base, I can dig it. Guns, tanks and other cool stuff you don't want me running off with. Someone's house, yup, got it. You don't want me in there to see how dirty your kitchen is.
Believe me, I understand.
In the middle of nowhere? Come on now. Up here in the mountains, you don't want me in this huge, empty field that you reserve for your cows to shit in?
Please.
I am not here to poach the scraggly deer that are running around or do donuts with my Jeep through your hay fields. I....uh...grew out of the donuts phase.
I came out here to empty my head, chill out, enjoy nature and snap a few pictures and you're gonna refuse me that? Oh, don't worry, I promise not to throw my Blue Heeler over the fence and let her herd you cows. Probably.
Still no, huh?
Fine. Time to be naughty. And tonight I am going to pass onto you my secret of trespassing. Believe me, I've been plenty of places I wasn't supposed to and never got into trouble. (Crap, my mother is probably gonna read this. Oh well. What is she gonna do? Ground me? Ha!)
Here it is.
Just act like you are supposed to be there. From military bases in Afghanistan to Las Vegas hotels to the middle of nowhere. If you give off the vibe that you BELONG there, no one notices.
Of course, I am not advocating breaking the law, however, it really does work.
I have a plan if someone stops me, but that's my little secret.
Oh, look! I'm stepping on your dead grass!
Here's a little tip for photographers. Shoot from a public venue such as a street or sidewalk if you're trying to get a shot on private property. Public domain, you're Constitutional rights protect you.
Just remember, if you're up in the mountains most of these hillbillies probably can't even spell intellectual domain let alone know what it means and they tend to shoot first and ask questions later and them deer bite.
Music for tonight:
Cherry Pie by Warrant
Already Gone by The Eagles
The Kids Are Alright by The Who
19th Nervous Breakdown by The Rolling Stones
She Drives Me Crazy by Fine Young Cannibals
Thunderstruck by AC/DC
Runnin' Down A Dream by Tom Petty
Purple Rain by Prince
Pour Some Sugar On Me by Def Leppard
Little Dreamer by Van Halen
Livin' On A Prayer by Bon Jovi
Don't Forget About Me by Simple Minds
The Final Countdown by Europe
Black Dog by Led Zeppelin
Hells Bells by AC/DC
"If you give off the vibe that you BELONG there, no one notices." - I could tell you all kinds of stories on that one. Once my son left a book he needed in his locker at high school but it was too late to get back in. I grabbed my Bus driver jacket and we walked in the school and went to his locker and got the book. Nobody ever questioned why a school bus driver was there at 6PM! Like you say, act like you know what you are doing and you can get away with it.
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