Addler was a happy doggy today.  He got to sniff around all 12 acres of that land.  I posted 2 videos on my Facebook, he's on a lot of it.  So while he was doing his thing, I was walking around with my gun in my pocket, wondering if I was going to run into anyone, whether I would have problems and whether things would go - south.  

About halfway through I became convinced that this property hadn't been used in years - despite a large amount of trash laying all over the place.  The trash was old, rusted out and had been there for a long, long time.  There was a road through it - overgrown with trees and shrubs. I walked clear to the other side of the property - I knew there was ranchland there but wanted to see for myself.  On my way back - almost back to the railroad tracks, I found the remnants of a house. It has been built out of railroad ties.  

The roof was completely caved in, there hadn't been anyone living thee in probably decades.  It was amazing to see a phone company pedestal replete with the wires hanging out.  I have no idea what the other people that own this property's interest in it is.  Some relic they inherited?  I can see where a road/driveway could be plowed into the land without going on anyone else's property. Just across the railroad tracks.  A bulldozer could clear the land nicely. get rid of the shrub, made a road into the property and have it looking nice.

But, I only own a portion of it and without consent from the others, I don't see any reason to make improvements. I'll be researching this for a while - but the only thing I really see is a hunting property. No improvements needed and I found an animal trail that is obviously well used going into the property.  I motion activated camera will tell what is going in there - I have one somewhere, just need to dig it out and get it up and going.  

Oh, there is apparently electricity running onto the property, judging from the remnants of the house.  There are electrical outlets in the walls Again, it's nothing I would really get delved into.  Maybe, tho, an RV trailer pulled onto the land with electric hookup.  Water - comes from a creek that feeds into a large pond in the next property over.  If there is septic, it would be useless now.  I would imagine anyway.  

That was mine and Addler's excitement for the day.  After that it was over to Chili's.  It is 50 degrees out and Addler was happily laying down in the back of the SUV so I didn't take him home first.  I mean, if it was hot summer I would have dumped off at home and then came back up.  

I am enjoying a day off, tho I am helping with getting stuff moved. The floors are being replaced. When I say the floors, I mean the wood beneath them as well as the flooring.  That may happen on Tuesday - the flooring is on backorder but supposed to be in tomorrow- Monday.  

I'm off to Brownsville - late load tomorrow. Noon.  Crazy.  I'll be out til' midnight getting down there.  If that means 3 loads going out Monday, then I'll be guaranteed detention time.  

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Well the day wasn't over.  We were all invited over to Maria's for dinner. So we went lol. The boys were over there anyway, they took them there last night so we could work on painting the living room.  And getting the house ready for the flooring people to come in and do the floors. Kids would have gotten in the way.  So 2 hours of that and finally home.

And during the interval, the dispatcher sent me a text changing my load time from noon to 9:00 am.  Well I dunno if that means no detention pay, but regardless, I'm happier with a bit earlier loading time than noon. 

I dunno, but Maria has no plans on moving to Oregon after asking her today.  Well, she was but that fell through and she is happy to help with an RV park.  So that gets me a bit back on track, sans the fact I can't find a suitable property anywhere nearby that fits the bill.  

No, I haven't looked in days. I have scoured the land for anything that would work.  I've searched both on the internet and looking around while driving everywhere.  It needs to be in a relatively easily accessible area preferably next to a major highway. Plenty of those around, just not anyone selling any land along those roads.