Gather round children and listen to my fantastic tale of the day.
Our Basic Drawing class had a field trip to this garden. We were going out to draw plants using techniques we learned.
Me being a prideful idiot decides "Hey. I'm gonna take the bus to get there early."
So I ended up taking a chain of buses I've never been on to get to a point that wasn't even close to the gardens.
I walked for at least 2 miles back in forth between the few buildings in this country side land asking where to find the gardens. One thing I didn't account for was that everyone I asked, from Garbage Recycling Secretary to Toyota security guard assumed that I was using a car to get to this place. Well, what would probably be a 5 minute drive isn't as quick by foot. After scouting the area I said "Fuck it. I'm going home. If I lose credits then whatever." There was only one landmark where I was that I could see. The highway.
I stumbled through knee deep snow and climbed a hill to get up to the highway. I saw where I originally came from and continued my journey.
But.......Walking on the highway is apparently a bad thing.
A cop pulled me over (CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS?! HE PULLED OVER SOMEONE WALKING) and asked me what I was doing. I was so nervous but I told him the story and he offered me a ride to the gardens.
This was the first time I've ever been in the back seat of a policecar and I wasn't even being arrested. He dropped me off and I thanked him and found my class. My teacher thought I was there for the whole time and I got full credits for the day. A classmate took me home while she talked about her job making board games and now here I am.
The moral of the story, cops are pretty cool.