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<p>[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 26488212, member: 13650"]When I was a kid, we were visiting family out of town over the 4th of July. We stopped in Missouri and got a few bags of fireworks. To a kid, that was like gold. We had a truck with a topper on the back. </p><p> We got back to the hotel and I asked my dad, maybe we should bring these in? He said nah, they'll be ok. (Mind you we were in Iowa in not really a high crime area.) </p><p> We came out in the morning and the back side windows had been pried open and the bags of fireworks were gone. That's all that was in the back. Somebody risked a felony over fireworks. And this was years ago. I was sick over it. Felt bad over the damage to my dads truck too. In hindsight it was a cheap lesson. </p><p> If I'm parked overnight at a hotel now, I wouldn't leave anything in the vehicle that I'd miss if it got stolen. Don't care where it's at. Assume you're going to get broken into.</p><p> </p><p> Coming home from coin shows I like to go off route and stop so I'm not getting tailed and don't go directly home.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 26488212, member: 13650"]When I was a kid, we were visiting family out of town over the 4th of July. We stopped in Missouri and got a few bags of fireworks. To a kid, that was like gold. We had a truck with a topper on the back. We got back to the hotel and I asked my dad, maybe we should bring these in? He said nah, they'll be ok. (Mind you we were in Iowa in not really a high crime area.) We came out in the morning and the back side windows had been pried open and the bags of fireworks were gone. That's all that was in the back. Somebody risked a felony over fireworks. And this was years ago. I was sick over it. Felt bad over the damage to my dads truck too. In hindsight it was a cheap lesson. If I'm parked overnight at a hotel now, I wouldn't leave anything in the vehicle that I'd miss if it got stolen. Don't care where it's at. Assume you're going to get broken into. Coming home from coin shows I like to go off route and stop so I'm not getting tailed and don't go directly home.[/QUOTE]
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