Yo Shawn,
I'm pissed at the cop, of course. I've been driving for 37 years and I've lived in 2 different states during that time (the drugged state and the straight state) and I've NEVER gotten a ticket for something ridiculous like this. I equate this to a jay-walking ticket. We all do it (jaywalking). We don't get ticketed for that. In fact, I think my going across "traffic" in this residential neighborhood, was less dangerous than jaywalking.
I agree with Janet. Next time I'll make an illegal U turn so I can park the right way. I learn from my mistakes. (In AZ, you can make a U turn anywhere, as long as you don't cross a solid line and so long as there's no No U-Turn sign.)
As to The Great Urination Incident, I think the cop stopped because my car was parked in the middle of nowhere and, (oh God, I'd forgotten this part until now) I was parked facing traffic the wrong way. He just mentioned that part before ranting about my plant-watering site choice. I really was hidden, not completely, but I wasn't obvious either. You'd have had to peer through some bushes, really peer, to have seen me.
As to your last point about posting about the T, my post was generic. It was more a story about my fishing trip and the Trinity was the canvas on which I was painting. I gave no success/failure details to entice folks to rush up there. In fact, I thought that my truthful assessment of the crowds might dissuade some folks, who wanted a quiet, solitary fishing experience, from driving hours only to be disappointed.
Now, I had 21 brothers and sisters, and we lived in one room with Mom, Dad, 2 aunts, their 3 husbands and grandma and grandpa, so I don't expect as much from life as many Americans do. I'm just happy to find a solitary place to take a leak!
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