I have a cabin in joshua tree ca. A few years after buying cabin, thieves broke in and stole all my tools, everything in the house, my trailer, and my sandrail that was parked inside a locked shipping container.
There’s a community center about 60-80 acres away- can see it from my backyard. I thought it would be a good time to introduce myself and see if anyone had ideas of places to look for my stuff, tips for the sheriffs, and/ or information.
I was dead wrong about finding help or helpful people in there. I’m going to have to research the acronym, but something like “wemo” rings a bell... biggest group of ignorant, angry, finger waving, holy than thou, “it’s ok for my horse to shit in your front yard, but you can’t ride that dirt bike around here”, bossy, know it all liberals That I have ever met.
“All off-roaders are criminals”
“At least now that your sandrail has been stolen, you won’t be able to destroy the desert with it”
“You have sanctioned areas 100 miles from here that you can use your Offroad vehicle, but only certain times of the year- go there with all the other off-roaders”
“We have banded together to force the BLM to stop you from using your Offroad vehicle on BLM land”
“It must have been off-roaders that broke into your cabin”
I especially liked their claims that;
“Your Offroad vehicle is destroying the dirt road that we pay to keep graded- the only reason the dirt roads around here keep getting bumpy is all the dirt bikes and atvs!”
I tried to argue that their jalopy ford escort with blown out struts and mismatched tires was probably worse... and that I pay just as much or more tax to use that area and county maintained roads as they do... and that I actually HAD smoothed out the local roads a few times free of charge when I had a reason to rent a tractor... how many of you complainers have actually done something about it? How about adapting to the environment you are trying to retire in as apposed to emposing your crazy thoughts and will upon the general population?
My family still has land that was homesteaded in the area back when the government was still giving it away... my friends and family have been using the area for generations for everything from buggy rides, to hiking, to just hanging out and enjoying the stars. Nobody has a sympathetic ear to anything other than their own exclusionary, self centered, and closed minded agendas. They were one step away from shouting me a racist and chasing me out of there with pitch forks.
Whatever the actual name of the organization is... They meet at the copper mountain mesa community center, and a bunch of them are retired or on disability and are proud of the fact that they can fight to remove your freedoms while you are hard at work trying to put food on the table and pay your taxes. Lovely to have neighbors?!
