Chief Watts has a big…

All right, what do you get when you cross a mild-mannered law enforcement officer with an off-the-grid survivalist?  Answer:  Plenty of weekends shot to hell.

That’s the low-down on the hoe-down between Chief Darrell Watts and Travis Opal.  (OK, I sound like a hick, but I just got out of prison for f**k’s sake.) Point is, Travis is always yanking the Chief’s chain.  A bear kills a deer out on a trail – you’d think it was the x-rated version of Jaws 7.

In Ring #1:  Chief Darrell Watts, a congenial dedicated cop who worked the hardscrabble streets of L.A. until he moved to Normal five years ago for a little peace and quiet.  As luck would have it, he became Police Chief a year later after the former Chief was killed by a rabid deer.  Tough break for the dead guy.

In Ring #2:  Travis Opal, an OCD-type and de facto leader of the survivalist compound, living out at the old army barracks near Calgary Rock. Travis is always kickin’ up a dust storm.  Some people like his attitude, a lot of people don’t.

Me?  I’m just the narrator. I don’t like confrontation. It puts me off my nuts.  Chief Watts has a big problem.

Chief Darrell Watts

Travis Opal, leader of the survivalist compound

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