"They" Tried To Ruin Our Family Gathering

"They", the over used term to lump unknown persons into a familiar catagory. One we can deal with and not cast blame on any one particular person.

This "they" broke into our pickup in the wee hours of Saturday morning sometime between 3:30 am and 10:00 am.

Cameras, tools, a GPS, about $75 in change, trash bags, and can you believe it, ashtrays - the Butt Bucket kind, and Joe's smoking pipe. "They" rummaged through a spare suitcase, about 10 plastic bins with an assortment of winter clothes and hygiene items like soap and shampoo.

One bin the took. This bin contained spare headsets for our Family Service Radios, a spare set of these radios, a portable DVD player.

The inside of the pickup had stuff everywhere. The glovebox was tossed and the contents were strewn all over the front floor. Each of the door pockets were emptied and tossed onto the floor with everything else.

A tool box was carried off along with the plastic bin.

No windows were broken out. They did break the door lock on the driver's side to get in. They opened the back window of the pickup bed cap by forcing it from the side and getting in. Then they worked their way forward and opened the sliding windows into the cab of the pickup.

We still have our pickup and we can continue to work. Everything we lost can be replaced. After we calmed down and went about our business we saw that we just lost things and all was still good.

We spent the day with family and had a fantastic time. So all was well.

"They" only created a nuisance for us. We get to go on the insurance jugarnaut when this weekend is over and the office opens to file a claim.

In the mean time we are with family. We have the tools to continue working. We have our health. We have our heads back on straight and can go on with our lives.

So, some excellent pictures and video is gone forever. Our children and grandchildren are still here and I can get more pictures and video the next time we gather.

Karma. What goes around comes around. The police were of no help. The police didn't want to come out but were keen to take the report over the phone. So much for police protection. The bad guys win again. We still have to protect ourselves because there are too many bad guys and nobody allows us to take measures to put a stop to these invasions.

Oops, rant almost got loose. Oh well, today is another day to be with our family so let's get going.

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