My adventure....
Thanks to Jeremy and Mrs. J. for hosting a fine event that was well attended with great weather and food. Good to see some of the other GTG circuit regulars and to meet some new folks. Came home with some different saws than what I went with.
I somehow missed the cutoff from I-24 to 9001 (Wendall Ford Parkway) and was sailing along towards Nashville before I realized my mistake. Skirted around Hopkinsville and was headed north on 9004 when there was an explosion of blue lights behind me. I was passing a pickup pulling a trailer so I backed off and pulled into the right lane so he could pass. Instead he pulled in behind me and I headed to the shoulder. I had the cruise control on and other vehicles were passing me, so I was perplexed as to why I was stopped.
The conversation went like this:
Trooper: "Do you know why I pulled you?"
Me: "No."
Trooper: "How fast were you going?"
Me: "73, I had the cruise control on."
Trooper: "I clocked you at 89 before you saw me and put the brakes on."
Me: "Wasn't me, I had the cruise control on."
Trooper: "Do you have a license?" (I provide)
Trooper: "Insurance card." (I provide)
Trooper: "Where you headed"?
Me: "Lexington."
Trooper: "Where you coming from?"
Me: "Murray, but I missed my turn coming back."
Trooper: "It appears you did." Shines flashlight inside and sees saws, "You work construction?"
Me: "No sir, a group of us met to run and swap saws."
Trooper: "Do you have a radar detector?"
Me: "No."
Trooper: "Do you mind if I search your vehicle?"
Me: "No, go right ahead."
Trooper: "Please step out of the vehicle." (He proceeds to pat me down)
Trooper: "Please stand behind the vehicle." (I move behind vehicle)
After a couple of minutes Trooper comes back and hands me my license and insurance card.
Trooper: "Have a good night."
The trooper has on the other side of the highway when someone going fast braked when they picked up his radar. I was pulled because the back of my Pathfinder apparently looked like the car in question. The trooper had no idea what type of vehicle it was and would have issued me a ticket if he found a radar detector, even if I wasn't the culprit.
Got in last night at 11:00, drove 599 miles and had a great time. Need to unload and clean everything up.