Well that was fun.

Hello from Indiana, just east of South Bend. We just got back on the road after a little visit with the local state troopers. We drove by the two troopers parked in the median, and we were going the speed limit, so we had no concerns, and they didn’t pull out… Anton is driving and he watched in his side mirror as they disappeared over the horizon. About 5 minutes later, the officer in the K9 unit SUV was riding our bumper. He put his lights on and pulled us over. The reason he gave us was that we were “following too closely” a truck in front of us, but there were no trucks anywhere near us, and Anton is a super safe driver. The cop ended up ordering us out of the van, pulling all of our bags out, searching through everything for over an hour. After that fun delay, we were back on the road with nothing other than a written warning for following too closely. I guess being in a van with Colorado plates and instruments now puts on the watch list. Yay.

We’re headed for upstate New York, with a plan to either grab a good dinner and a hotel for the night, or maybe find a last minute show somewhere. Last night in Chicago was fun… super short set, but a supportive crowd and a nice dinner with friends after the gig. We recorded some of the show, so we’ll get some MP3s up here on the Backstage for y’all soon.

More from NY later…