Writer’s Police Academy 2023: Part 5

My thoughts, recollections, and reflections on the 2023 Writer’s Police Academy.

It exceeded my expectations, once again. We were all glad to hear it may continue but in a different mode.
I learned a lot of interesting things, and I learned several things that can be used in my mystery books.
I made a dozen new women friends, all writers, all in my age group. I look forward to following them on Facebook, blogs, and other social media. Even us introverts enjoy making new friends.
The hotel was superb – wonderful facility and the staff was amazing. So friendly and helpful. I’d stay there again any time.
I drove up in wool and I continued that throughout the event and on the drive home. Merino is not the wool of yesteryear. Several of my new friends were interested and I loved talking about it and letting them feel my wool. [more information on my wool journey]
My three top sessions were the K9 Medical Team, Crime Scene Investigation, and Handcuffing. That said, ALL the sessions were well done!
You can read about all the instructors HERE.
You can learn more about the OPk9 non-profit folks HERE and donate HERE.
You can see all my photos HERE.

Would I do this again? I have to give that a qualified yes. The two day drives up and back were hard on me. Especially the drive home. I left early on Sunday and my goal was to get south of Indianapolis so Monday would be a shorter day.

i should have known what my day would be like when I ended up going the wrong way on a one-way road. Good thing it was early on a Sunday. I waved am “Im sorry” to the three cars I ran into and breathed a huge sigh of relief when I got back to two lanes. Note to self, sometimes the GPS has a reason for routing you the way it shows.

It wasn’t long before the rain started and it didn’t stop the rest of the day. It slowed a bit a couple times, but a lot of my drive was done at 35-45 mph. I hate driving in the rain on the best of days, this was no exception. By the time I got to Edinburgh, IN and the Best Western, I was exhausted and tense. My body tingled all over from the clenching of every muscle during the drive. But I was safe and Monday was a breeze. A shorter drive and no rain.