I am back at the yard tonight and my truck is in the shop so the APU (Auxiliary Power Unit) can be repaired...again.

I checked into the hotel and went over to Applebee's for dinner and a few beers. As Wisconsin has passed an outlandish smoking ban that includes not only bars but hotel rooms as well (totally fascist!) I took along an e-cigarette as I refuse to be forced to stand outside like a damn dog.

As I walked back to the hotel I saw a couple of local police cars, lights and sirens going, coming towards the hotel. They pulled into the hotel drive and killed the lights and noise. Naturally, I wondered WTF?

As I was walking into the hotel parking lot the two cruisers I had seen were pulling back out again but I spotted one sitting in the lot and as I got closer I saw an officer talking to a couple of young guys. I saw one of them point in my direction and I heard "There he is!"

I looked around and didn't see anyone. All of a sudden the officer had his gun drawn and pointing at me. He ordered me to get down on the ground. Again, WTF?

Well I obeyed the cop's orders and the next thing I knew I was cuffed and the other two cruisers were back again.

The cops frisked me, took my knife from me, and began asking me who I was, where I was coming from, etc.

The hotel desk clerk came out and told the cops she knows me and I had nothing to do with the problem. At this point I didn't know what the hell the problem even was.

One of the cops left to go over to Applebee's to check with the bartender to verify that I had been there all evening. When he came back they removed the cuffs and apologized to me. I was pretty pissed off at this point.

It seems one of the young guys was claiming that someone with a gun had burst into his room shortly after he had checked in.

Talking with the hotel desk clerk I found that she had suspected the young guy was high on drugs when he checked in and all of this drama had taken place within a few minutes after he checked in.

I was a bit nonplussed at this point and just returned to my room. I have no idea what the cops finally did with the young druggie. I just know I wasn't at all happy with being accused of, well, whatever the hell this kid was claiming. I got a good look at his stupid looking face and he had best hope to hell I never run across him again.

I am now sitting in my room with the window open and enjoying a pipe. Screw the damn smoking ban.