{"id":1009,"date":"2010-01-15T18:45:04","date_gmt":"2010-01-16T00:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/royceeddington.com\/?p=1009"},"modified":"2010-01-15T16:29:43","modified_gmt":"2010-01-15T22:29:43","slug":"keep-out-this-is-not-a-salvage-yard-trespassers-will-be-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royceeddington.com\/?p=1009","title":{"rendered":"“KEEP OUT. THIS IS NOT A SALVAGE YARD. TRESPASSERS WILL BE SHOT.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of my job, I get to travel all across the Texas valley. From Rio Grande City to Brownsville and up to Alice and Kingsville. It’s a lot of fun to be able to see so much of the deep Texas country while I’m out and about.<\/p>\n

But every so often, I run into something like this…<\/p>\n

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\"Keep<\/a>

Keep Out 01<\/p><\/div>\n

If I were to use the southern vernacular, I believe the appropriate reaction would be “hooooo whee!”<\/p>\n

This charming locale is clearly visible as you are traveling on Texas highway 83 heading West right between the Airport Drive Exit and Pike Boulevard near the city of Weslaco.<\/p>\n

\"Keep<\/a>

Keep Out 02<\/p><\/div>\n

This “home” is a tattered front for a bunch of seemingly rusted trailers and very old mobile homes parked behind it. The fence and heavy trees kept my camera from getting a good photo of them, but they were all there.<\/p>\n

Just in case the words “compound” and “guns” had not entered your thoughts yet,\u00a0 there is a big sign up in front that should make things perfectly clear.<\/p>\n

\"Keep<\/a>

Keep Out 03<\/p><\/div>\n

“KEEP OUT. THIS IS NOT A SALVAGE YARD. TRESPASSERS WILL BE SHOT.”<\/p>\n

You know, it might be time to re-evaluate your life’s direction when you have to mention the place you live is, in fact, not a salvage yard. And that anyone wanting to sell you some cookies will get a big, hot, heaping serving of lead for their trouble.<\/p>\n

The next time I drive by, I’ll stop and get a GPS location so I can put it on a map.<\/p>\n

That is, I’ll stop across the highway<\/em> to get a GPS location so I can put it on a map.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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