After the 90 minute drive, we discovered that the neighbor had gone away for the weekend, or so it seemed.

I spend about 20 minutes with one of the weed eaters and cleared away some weeds next to the NW corner of his property, right by the county road.
I left a note in his mailbox and told him that we'd come down to do a days work but were unable to do so. I also mention the area that I'd trimmed and said that I would like to talk to him about making that the permanent easement entrance to our property. I left my phone number and asked him to call.
We left the fully loaded truck on the roadside and walked back to the property. I showed the family the trail which I had already began. I guess they weren't as excited about it as I had been.
We spent another 15 minutes back at the truck checking for and removing ticks. We found another 9 of them after we got back home.
Happy Memorial Day.