I think I shall revisit my weekend chronologically, thus leaving the interesting and eye grabbing headline ’til the end. You can kill me later.
I visited my grandparents in Placerville this weekend. It is far closer than going “home” and always a relaxing and enjoyable time. On Saturday, we went down to Sacramento for a large convocation. It involved a church service and a concert in the afternoon. The concert was conducted by Ralph Carmichael and was his arrangements. Yeah, I didn’t know anything about him before this weekend, either. At any rate, the instrumentation was provided by the Sacramento Philharmonic and the choir was between 400 and 450 large. It was quite powerful, especially when they end on How Great Thou Art, which has to be one of the most majestic pieces ever written.
Sunday involved doing laundry (what fun!) and visiting several places on Apple Hill. My grandparents have in their back yard one of the most touristy places in California during mid-late September and October. Apple season brings tons of people up there and many of the farms have craft fairs and other such attractions during this time. It isn’t in full swing yet, which was nice. I got to experience a little of it without having to wait forever in slow lines of cars and giant crowds.
Now, the part you’ve been waiting for. I was heading west on 50/80 in Sacramento and all of a sudden a cop a couple cars ahead turns on his lights and starts weaving left and right across all four lanes of traffic. At first it seemed very erratic and … drunken. Eventually we, the other cars and I, figured out that he was signaling for everyone to stop. We stopped and he pulled up sideways next to a large piece of plastic, like what hangs underneath the bumper of a car. He picked it up and tossed it to the side of the road and took off. Now, this doesn’t sound very exciting anymore, but let me tell you. For the 15-20 seconds it took to figure out what was going on, it was really odd. It’s not every day that you see a cop swerving all over the place, cutting people off and almost hitting others.
Now I’m back in Yountville and staying with some friends again. I hope to put up some pics soon, but you know how that goes. It takes a while for me to get around to stuff like that.
cheers!
i don’t know why i was thinking you were drunk driving and a cop arrested you or something :p
In the UK motorway patrol cars have an LED sign in the rear windscreen which can flash messages to motorists asking them to slow down or stop altogether. I can imagine the insurance paperwork would have been very complicated if the police driver you mentioned hit someone.