Huntsville, Sweet Home, Alabama
Trip Start
Apr 12, 1992
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Trip End
Jun 15, 1992
Huntsville, Alabama
Monday, June 15, 1992
John Barrymore
6-15-92
Fortson Lane, Huntsville, Alabama
Warm, clear
I wakened early from the clatter of workers opening the station. They exhibited only mild interest in my presence. I filled the tank, prepared a quick breakfast before setting out on the final leg of my voyage. My last night out had passed.By dark time i would be home. And I was ready to put a temporary end to my wandering.
The temptation was strong to literally speed across the landscape. I wanted to end this trip. i combated the urge to push the pedal to the floor by engaging the cruise control at 55 mph. In a few hours I breezed through Dale (Lincoln Boyhood National Monument) and Gentryfield to the Ohio River and Kentucky. Then came Owensboro and Bowling Green. A few minutes later I was in Tennessee, only one state left to cross. It didn't take long to reach the Cumberland River, then Murfreesboro and Fayetteville. Home was only a half hour away.
When I crossed the Alabama line I felt a celebration was in order, but I didn't delay. hazel Green came and went, then I was rolling on Memorial Parkway, and west on Sparkman Drive. Then a few zigs and zags placed me on Fortson Lane, home again with over 13,000 miles behind me and dozens of rolls of slides to be developed, plus memories enough to last a lifetime.
Note: More Pictures will be forthcoming as soon as I can scan and upload them. I hope you check back often and be free with your criticisms. They will help me organize my next travelogue, which I think will be an account of a month long solo tour of Mexico on a motorcycle.
Gene
