First, I would like to say to SHADOWMIB...Thank you so much for the sign. Awesome idea.
The Just Us League refers to our police encounters as: Imperial Entanglements.
We were on our first night patrol at local hospital when their police person arrived. The gentleman rolled down his window and smiled warmly at us. "What'cha doing?," he asked with some mirth in his voice. Not wanting to really let the cat out of the bag I responded with, "Uhhh treasure hunting sir." He simply nodded and said as he rolled up his window, "Okay, yall have a nice night." We were rather stunned in to silence.
Same night as above, we were stopping to get a smiley at a bus stop. Now, as you all know, sometimes bus stops are not always placed in a convenient spot for parking. The team was forced to make a U-turn via the local parking lot behind the bus stop. Having lived in the area ALL MY LIFE, and given the fact that I was concentrating on the smiley, I did not give any real thought as to what the establishment was. And as I am about to pull back out in to traffic, a local police officer whips in front of my car. The team looked at each other in mild confusion. The officer exited his vehicle with a scowl. He brought forth his flashlight as I rolled down my window and shut off the car. He is peering around inside the car as he asks in stern voice, "What are you doing?" I smiled and said, "U-turning so we can make it to the bus stop." He looks at the bus stop.
"Why do you need to get to the bus stop, it's 9:30?," asks the officer.
"Well, we're treasure hunting and there's a hint at the bus stop that we need," I said.
"What?"
"Uhh geocaching; it's like treasure hunting."
The officer's scowl lessened and he put his attention directly on me. "Are you aware that you're on school property? And you're in the shadows which looks suspicious, that gives me every right to detain you and ask questions," he said sternly.
"Uhh well, we were not parking sir, we were U-turning, and it's shadowy cause the lamp is out. We were not going to stay," I said with apology in my tone.
"Alright, well I suggest you no longer drive on school lots at night, and you should stay away from parking lots of businesses that are closed. Otherwise people may think you guys are up to no good," he continues to inform.
"Yes sir."
And he left without so much as another word.
We hit one more spot that night and decided not to push our luck any further. We agreed that we did not know if the last three spots may solicit similar responses.
-Until next time: Keep searching!
