4.20.07: Heading North on Route 17
Weather: Sunny with high clouds, mid 70s
Ride: 19.8 miles Check out our route…
We headed over to Ellis Flower Shop to meet Tom, the president of the Lion’s Club. When we walked in, Tom knew exactly who we were (our reputation precedes us…). He gladly signed us up for presentation at the Lion’s Club meeting at Briar Patch on Monday night at 6:30. We wondered if we would be speaking to the same folks on Tuesday at the Rotary Club’s lunchtime meeting!
We then headed out on Route 17 up to BP gas station; first we passed York’s ‘strip mall’: a laundromat, supermarket and check cashing facility. The BP is located right after York’s motel and the freeway interchange. The Briar Patch Restaurant is located at the BP.
We rode further on Route 17, thinking that we might make it to a nearby town called Boyd. (We didn’t…) A few cars and many logging trucks with full loads passed us.The area is sparsely populated and miles of tree farms hug the road.
Later that evening, we met the Coleman Center directors for dinner and a lively concert of local music. The concert is part of the Sucarnochee Folklife Festival, an annual event held at the University of Western Alabama in Livingston. The three-hour concert was recorded for live broadcast on national radio stations.
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