On the road to Phoenix

Interesting day today. We all headed out early to beat the afternoon heat. (Yesterday it got into the upper 80s in the afternoon.) We were traveling out in town on a divided two lane road
with a shoulder that had a rumble strip and was full of evil stuff....loose gravel, broken glass, strips of blown tires, broken pavement.....all bad news for cyclists. So, we were riding the white line to the right of the righthand lane. A policeman passed us and then pulled in and flagged us down. How long have you been riding in Arizona? he asked. And then proceeded to tell us we were riding illegally. That we should be riding on the far right of the shoulder. Now anyone who is a cyclist knows that by federal law bicycles are vehicles and we are allowed to ride to the right of the right hand lane. None of us said anything however. Then the guy went on to tell us that he knew a guy who always insisted in riding in the road. He's now dead. OK. Yes sir officer. Whatever you say officer. We onlys had two miles to go until we turned off onto another road. About a midle further on after crossing the rumble strip to avoid a bush in the middle of the breakdown lane my chain jammed. After trying and failing go get it righted I ultimately had to rack my bike up and ride with the SAG into Phoenix to a bike shop. The mechanic there fixed my problem, checked over the rest of my bike and charged me a very reasonable fee. I'll be back on the road tomorrow. Yippee!