I've been there.
When we were in the states, we tried to follow Route 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica. Not sure if you're aware, but it's not exactly one stretch of road. So we were following the GPS, and it had us go all kinds of dirt roads and other WTF places. We followed what we thought was a road, but we stopped when the road just ended, next to someone's house. While we were pulled over, a horse decided to walk up to our car and say hello. At that point, we realised that we were on someone's property and back tracked... luckily no one shot at us. This was in the day time.
That said, people will use that excuse to scope you out, and/or break in to steal shit, so it's good to be on your guard, and thank your lucky stars you have arms to defend yourself!
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