Private property and acreage living page 2

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The first cross road looked like what I was after and I made the turn of the highway and proceeded. Normally, when out working, I use the FTLComm van with its markings on it, but today I was using Blanch our trusty white family car. A hundred yards up the road there was a driveway into an acreage and then a crest of a hill with a sharp decline downward. I put full attention on the hill crest making sure I was well to the right because the road was narrow. This was at the location shown in the picture on the first page of this article. I didn't see that little 8"x10" sign "Private Property No Trespassing"

I descended the hill and the road turned off to the right and I could see it dwindled off into the bush but did indeed appear to be intended to carry on. However, I was approaching an

Enormous white house perched on the river bank. A man was in the yard, appeared to be a workman, as the house is nearing completion. From his expression he looked concerned and as I turned Blanch around to depart, I thought perhaps I should stop and exchange greetings. Besides, if the guy was a workman, working on the house, or the owner, it would be a courteous thing to compliment him on the fine appearance of the building.

I stopped the car and got out and told the man I was sorry to intrude but I had thought that it was a public road and did not realise it lead to this house. The man's demeanor at closer range was clearly much more intense then I had thought the

look I had seen of concern, was actually a white faced rage. I told him what I did and asked him if he used the Internet because I said I like to do stories on things like houses and the way people live. He was decidedly unpleasant and told me that I was either blind or stupid to have missed the obvious sign decreeing his privacy. (For my age my eye sight isn't bad thanks to my glasses, as for being stupid, I think that had a part in this story. It should have been obvious to me the man was beyond reason and my vanity in thinking my cheerful smile and pleasant attempt at conversation would somehow charm him, was clearly plain old fashion stupidity) I tried to lighten the moment and made reference to

The first cross road looked like what I was after and I made the turn of the highway and proceeded. Normally, when out working, I use the FTLComm van with its markings on it, but today I was using Blanch our trusty white family car. A hundred yards up the road there was a driveway into an acreage and then a crest of a hill with a sharp decline downward. I put full attention on the hill crest making sure I was well to the right because the road was narrow. This was at the location shown in the picture on the first page of this article. I didn't see that little 8"x10" sign "Private Property No Trespassing" I descended the hill and the road turned off to the right and I could see it dwindled off into the bush but did indeed appear to be intended to carry on. However, I was approaching an
	Enormous white house perched on the river bank. A man was in the yard, appeared to be a workman, as the house is nearing completion. From his expression he looked concerned and as I turned Blanch around to depart, I thought perhaps I should stop and exchange greetings. Besides, if the guy was a workman, working on the house, or the owner, it would be a courteous thing to compliment him on the fine appearance of the building. I stopped the car and got out and told the man I was sorry to intrude but I had thought that it was a public road and did not realise it lead to this house. The man's demeanor at closer range was clearly much more intense then I had thought the
look I had seen of concern, was actually a white faced rage. I told him what I did and asked him if he used the Internet because I said I like to do stories on things like houses and the way people live. He was decidedly unpleasant and told me that I was either blind or stupid to have missed the obvious sign decreeing his privacy. (For my age my eye sight isn't bad thanks to my glasses, as for being stupid, I think that had a part in this story. It should have been obvious to me the man was beyond reason and my vanity in thinking my cheerful smile and pleasant attempt at conversation would somehow charm him, was clearly plain old fashion stupidity) I tried to lighten the moment and made reference to