Its 2:40 AM, and I am getting into the back of a Police car

Oh man, What a night...

Last night I went too my friend Kevins bachelor party. I figured since I cant make it to his wedding (his wedding is the same day as Mike and Sadies) I would help him have a good time at the party. The evening started out well enough, me met for cocktails and dinner at Cafe Sarie an awesome restaurant downtown. The meal was great, I had a Veal Osso Bucco (I know, not very PC but... *drool* it was good.) The best part of that meal was it was FREE!! Its good to have some rich friends! That helped quite a bit because I probably had $40 worth of meal and drinks and I only had $40 on me, and I needed that to last the rest of the night.

After dinner, we went to the El Ranco Tavern (AKA the Ranch). That bar is always shoulder to shoulder packed, but because one of Kevins good friends happened to own the bar they closed it just for us! On a Saturday night no less! Drinks were not necessarily on the house but I certainly did not pay for the amount I drank, neither did anyone else for that matter. We all continued to drink, and drink, and play pool, and drink, and play foosball, and drink for the next few hours. The invite stated the transportation would be provided afterward so getting home was not a big worry to me.

The bars in Durango close down @ 2:00 AM, which because of bar time is 1:45 on everyone else’s clocks. So when 2:15 rolls around on my phone and the party is still raging I was pretty impressed! That only lasted about 10 more minutes though...

Its 2:30 AM the party is raging, the bar is VERY clearly marked on every door and window the it is closed for a private party. Next thing I know our trusty Durango PD is at the door telling everyone they have to leave. Now we’ve got nowhere to go, nobody is in any shape to drive, the limo service has not arrived yet. What are we supposed to do Mr Police officer? Why did they shut us down anyway? I don’t know, but by the look on the owners face as he is telling everyone to get out there seemed to be a bit of trouble... he was not happy at all.

So my roommate and I are standing out on the sidewalk contemplating the hike home, because they guy with the transportation is all tied up talking to the police. I was all psyched to hike, I was wasted, its almost 3AM, A hike up the mesa sounds like a great idea to me! It wasn’t so for my roommate so we just stood there for a bit. Luckily for us the Durango PD is a bit over zealous when it comes to breaking up parties so there were multiple cops and squad cars around. Mr Officer walks up to use and asks how we plan on getting home. "Well, there was supposed to be transportation for all of us but because you busted up the party and the guy that arranged the ride is dealing with you guys, I don’t really know." OK, I didn’t say that but that is what I was thinking. He offered to take us home so we took him up on that.

Remind me to never get arrested... that plastic bench in the back is not comfortable at all. It was nicely molded so that your hands could fit behind your back in cuffs, and sitting like that actually made it a whole lot more comfortable! So I got that going for me, which is nice.