but they were there.
Where I live now used to just be my farm where my horses were and a nice crop of brome. I would drive out twice a day to take care of things. The train across the road used to run a lot of passengers and cargo and I would come in some mornings and find that the hay bales were moved around to make a solid bed and the radio I left on a classical station would be on a rock station. Whoever they were they never made a mess. I knew they got in through a horse stall since my horses were never stalled at that time but the stalls were open all you had to do was reach through to open them. There is an old hobo camp site on the far end of my farm in this really cool wooded area that also was used by the Native Americans at one point...such is the history so it did not surprise me that there would be a hobo "problem". I left a note on the radio for them after that. All I said was you are welcome to listen to what you want, make a bed of the bales as long as you don't open them and have a nice place to shelter. All I ask is that you do not smoke anywhere near my area and that you are gone by 7AM. My kids start school later than that so that will give you plenty of time to be gone. You will scare the heck out of me if I come in and there is someone here. If you can do that you are always welcome.
I never had a single problem. No one ever tried to jimmie the door into the tack room to see if I had stuff and the stuff I had out where they could have taken it was never disturbed. My "neighbor" did have signs too but he may have had signs like above, his was actually a campfire site with no shelter. I never saw anything like that. Hobos never worried me, but if I opened my door to someone I would have rapidly changed that. The trains still go through only they are mostly cars stacked and carrying something for some business back and forth. I rarely see the old trains with empty cars attached to the oil cars. Rarely people cars, in fact it seems like forever since I saw one of them. I kinda miss knowing I was doing something kind for someone else. I am glad I was able to for a little while anyway. *****yes I know it could have been kids and probably was some of the time but all the people out here either had "hobo problems" or were welcoming. I would likely have had the sucker sign but I do not care, it was still a good feeling to help someone by providing shelter.
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