Fisher's Landing, AZ Martinez Lake (#0841)

I find it varies tremendously in the U.S. When I'm traveling in the U.S. West I generally feel okay with taking pictures, but then I'll come across a town where I quickly get a vibe that I'm being watched and not in a friendly manner. I seldom take pictures in areas with mega-bucks, but then I'm admittedly leery of taking pictures in such places and being chased by guards....

I did feel that I was being watched in most of the locations just outside Yuma (but not in Yuma), but the area has a high suspicion quotient. It's near the border, the INS is everywhere and makes you feel uncomfortable, and then many of the locals are anti-immigrant and that seems to translate into suspicion of outsiders who might be 'activists' (with California license plates and a Bernie sticker). The 'open carry' also enters into it, but I'm not sure whether that's because 'open carry' folk are suspicious, or because I'm not trusting in an 'open carry' environment. And, to add, this is an area where they know there is hostility to the new construction from the more traditional cabin/mobile home folk. As I concluded to a friend today on other evidence, "we're a sick society".