Mike P.
Well-known member
I take my wallet with me, it's safer on me then left in the car, no matter how well hidden. (Hoping the small # of bored teens aren't doing any research like reading here to see where hikers keep there cash in the car)
As a former bored teen (before many but not all of you were born & B&E was never my kick cars, or otherwise) late nights, a couple of beers & boredom are trouble waiting to happen. (Idle hands are the... )
Whether its either lots that can be quickly hit like 19 mile where you can see headlights coming long before the ar gets there or deserted lots late at night, there just isn't much activity at 2:30AM. (I can tell you nothing good ever happens when teens (& almost anyone else) are out after 12:00. A lot of good times are had but nothing good takes place.
Smart comment someone made about not taking I-pods unless they quickly dump music list, then just serial number is an identifier.
The message we should tell hikers, just like they do at parking garages, is to take your valuables.
Hauling & fencing gear taken from a car seems unlikely, it's big, it has little street value (it's only valuable to hikers & campers, that's a very small market, I've never seen anyone fence gear on a City street corner) & the people who would buy it want to know who's been sleeping the sleeping bag before them or if the tent has any holes in it. (if they took it out of your car, they'd probably throw it in the woods or a nearby stream - they can't take it home & say look Dad, I found new camping gear)
I might buy a tag sale fleece that I was going to wear around town or a tent from a neighbor I trusted but nothing out of a U-Haul.
Berlin - sure looked depressed driving through it, if that's what public assistance is gving people, they need more. (I've also heard stories some people on assistance buy too much, latest TV's & gagdets, that's too bad too.)
As a former bored teen (before many but not all of you were born & B&E was never my kick cars, or otherwise) late nights, a couple of beers & boredom are trouble waiting to happen. (Idle hands are the... )
Whether its either lots that can be quickly hit like 19 mile where you can see headlights coming long before the ar gets there or deserted lots late at night, there just isn't much activity at 2:30AM. (I can tell you nothing good ever happens when teens (& almost anyone else) are out after 12:00. A lot of good times are had but nothing good takes place.
Smart comment someone made about not taking I-pods unless they quickly dump music list, then just serial number is an identifier.
The message we should tell hikers, just like they do at parking garages, is to take your valuables.
Hauling & fencing gear taken from a car seems unlikely, it's big, it has little street value (it's only valuable to hikers & campers, that's a very small market, I've never seen anyone fence gear on a City street corner) & the people who would buy it want to know who's been sleeping the sleeping bag before them or if the tent has any holes in it. (if they took it out of your car, they'd probably throw it in the woods or a nearby stream - they can't take it home & say look Dad, I found new camping gear)
I might buy a tag sale fleece that I was going to wear around town or a tent from a neighbor I trusted but nothing out of a U-Haul.
Berlin - sure looked depressed driving through it, if that's what public assistance is gving people, they need more. (I've also heard stories some people on assistance buy too much, latest TV's & gagdets, that's too bad too.)