Land Owners Angst

As I've traveled the dirt roads of Northern Colorado, I've started to realize just how attached to the land farmers and ranchers really are. I'm not talking about the land in the outskirts of the cities. I'm talking about the land that has dirt, weeds and more dirt on it for as far as the eye can see.

The thing of it is, is that these lands are traversed with county roads, which can be translated (with the help of my expensive Urban Planning degree) into "Public Access".

Hence, During our numerous journeys in search of the perfect road, I've seen some great signs that attempt to proclaim, usually in not so many words, that "If your tire is deviating off of the public road onto my private land I think that I may just kill you, probably after I shoot you in the knee and let my dog eat your face off, then I'll kill you. And I can do that, because I have a sign that pretty much says so."

So I've decided that I should start to put my time and gasoline to good use, since I can bet that I'll be spending many more hours/days out there in the hinterlands, and start a collection of these great signs. Not the actual physical signs, but photos of the signs. I'm calling the collection 'Land Owners Angst'.

Here's an example from today's outing:

You have to wonder if the owners of this land are actually peaceful and kind, just with an awesome sense of humor.

Here's another from last week:

Here's what you need to notice: 8 locks! This is a prelude to the paranoia of whomever owns this land. How do they even know what key is for which lock pad? There must be some golden straw in that field...

You're welcome to add any great photos to my collection, I only imagine that the southern states have got some that make these look like pansies.

Here's some other random pictures that I'd like to show off:

I've never seen a sunflower farm in real life. I'm wondering if they actually harvest sunflower seeds from flowers like these. I've always figured that they just came from the grocery store- along with crab legs.

This is what I love about living in Colorado verses Utah-the massively loud thunderstorms that flood the streets and make the windowpanes shake.

This is the best photo of them all. Both Chris And Dyggs are yelling at me to get into the truck. Now if this happens to you as you're trying to capture pictures for the 'Land Owner Angst' collection, just yell this: "It's not only about YOU ALL-OF the time!" (you really have to lay into the capitalized words for it to be breathtaking. It takes some practice- at least it did for me.