Growing Up in Gwinnett Volume 5
This is the true story of a road trip I made to North Carolina. When I was 17 years old, I drove up to Gastonia, NC to visit a buddy. At the time, I was just under 6′ and weighed around 155. My friend had grown up in my neighborhood, and he and his family had recently moved to NC. It was the summer time before my senior year, so it seemed like a good reason for a road trip. This was before cell phones and the internet. To travel from Atlanta to North Carolina was a big trip for me. I arrived safely after a 4 1/2 hour drive. I spent several days with him, even driving over toMyrtle Beach for two days and hanging with girls on the beach, before heading back home. …