Today has been a day in which I was expecting a number of people to come see me about legal matters. Unfortunately, it is now 12:10 and none of them have showed. One is coming from North Lamar County. One is coming from Thomaston. One is coming from North Spalding County. The other is coming from Riverdale. As you would expect under such circumstances, I expect the one with the furthest travel will arrive first.
The more I wait and sit here, the more time I waste. I am trying to fill up the space with something of value, but so far that has been rather tenuous. Meanwhile, my family is still in Knoxville and I need to join them soon.
Of course, I still have shopping to do and need to accomplish that tonight. Fortunately, I have enough money and gas to get that done tonight without anything else.
I hear Patti talking to my next appointment. They are lost. Driving down from Riverdale. No one seems to know Griffin.
At one time, Griffin was one of the major stops along the main north south highway from Chicago and Indianapolis to Florida. Anyone who went on vacation to the western coast of Florida knew Griffin.
Now people only know the stops along the interstate. What do we know? What creates the memories? What do we see of this country?
This is just my gripe concerning the interstate highway system.
In the old cowboy movies, when the railroad came to town, it changed everything. Suddenly all the commerce and growth was along the railroad. Everyone else got left out.
Griffin was like this. Griffin was a major point on the main north south line from Savannah and Macon north. The railroad made Griffin. Then the federal highway followed the railroad through Griffin. Suddenly, anyone who was travelling north or south through Georgia for business had to know Griffin. It was often a stop along the way.
Then I-75 and I-85 were built and they took the main routes east and west of Griffin. Suddenly, Griffin wasn't as important as before. So here is my thanks to President Eisenhower and Senator Talmadge.
The legislature has promised a commuter rail route with a stop in Griffin. Griffin is expected to be the connection between Atlanta and Columbus and Macon. Griffin would be expected to return to its former transportational prominence.
We are waiting. I am still waiting.
About Me
- TBAYNHAMIII
- I was born in Kentucky, though my parents had been living in Knoxville before my birth. My mother's mother lived across the street from the hospital in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, which was convenient. I moved around quite a bit when I was young, but ended up in Georgia. I like to read and write and love food and drink way too much. I have a funny wife and daughter who has finished her batchelor's degree and is living with her grandmother in North Atlanta and studying advertising. I sometimes wonder what life would have been like if I had not gone to law school. Regrets come and go with the seasons.
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