| Re: 4.V.19 |
Subject: Re: 4.V.19 by teebee on 2019/5/6 3:12:44 Back home, 007 is cleaned up and put to bed. As we sat out at nieces' house after the church service, the weather started looking nasty. So I, kind of, hustled Rosie and her dad to get going. On the way back home we ran into some freaking hail that sounded like it was coming through the roof. We ran through it and got back to his place and jumped in 007 and headed back west, sort of, back into it, but taking a northern route, hoping we were going to miss it. Luckily, it did stay south of us and we missed the hail. Drove through some pretty heavy rain, but no hail. Things were going pretty well and in the long stretch between two towns (about a 60 mile stretch of nothing, Marcus has been on it) I picked up a 'rabbit' and started pacing them about a half mile behind, I had the cruise set at 74. I popped over a hill and met a county mounty and immediately his lights went on and as I went by he did a three point turn. Rosie says I think he got you, how fast were you going? I said "GPS said 74". So I slowed down, but kept moving as there was no good place to stop for a bit. I got up to an intersection, stopped and waited for him. By the time he came up to the car I had drivers license, registration and insurance card out. I rolled the window down and he was real nice, "How's it going today?" I said "Well, I apparently was driving faster than I should have been" Then he said "with a car like this, it would be easy to do. May I see your license and insurance please?" "Yes sir" and handed it to him. He said "Where are you headed?" "Just going home, sir....Lakin." "Trying to beat the storm?" "Yea, kind of." "We came through Great Bend and it was nasty." He then went back to his pickup and checked my license. A few minutes later he came back and handed me my license and insurance card and said "I'm going to save you $153 today. I know if I had a car like this, I'd probably drive faster than I should, too. Just hold it down. Have a good day." "Yes sir, I'll make sure I back it off. Thank very much." A very nice young man. |
