Francis Griffin:  

HELLO HERE IS MY STORY ....I LEFT NEW YORK IN THE WINTER OF 1969 FOR GEORGIA WERE MY FAMILY BOUGHT A FARM .I BECAME A FARMER AND RAISED 500-600 HOGS AT A TIME BEEF CATTLE,HORSES,TURKEYS,DOGS ETC.IT WAS A BIGGER MOVED THEN I THOUGHT BEING FROM THE NORTH AND SPEAKING YANKEE.PEOPLE LOOKED AT US AS WE CAME FROM MARS.I STAYED A YEAR AND A HALF.ONE DAY I PACKED UP AND LEFT WITH ONLY 35 CENTS SOME FOOD AND WATER TO SEE THE WORLD IN THE EYES OF WANDERING AND RAMBLING HIPPIE.YOU SEE THE SOUTH IS A BIG AND BEAUTIFUL PLACE BUT THE WORLD WAS OUT THEIR FOR ME A ADVENTURE I HAD TO GO AND SEE FOR MYSELF.IN THE EARLY 1970`S ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS PUT OUT YOUR THUMB AND AWAY YOU GO.I TRAVELED THRU TENNESSEE,KENTUCKY AND MET SOME BEAUTIFUL COLLEGE GIRLS WHO INVITE ME TO STAY IN CINCINNATI FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS WITH THEM THIS WAS VERY NICE THE VIEW FROM LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN WITH A PRETTY GIRL IN YOUR ARMS IS MOST ENJOYABLE .BUT TIME TO LEAVE ON MY ADVENTURE SO TEARS AND HUGS I HIT THE HIGHWAY GOING EAST INTO WEST VIRGINIA AND PENNSYLVANIA WERE I SPEND THE NIGHT WITH A FAMILY WHO PICKED ME UP .ALL THE TAILS YOU HEARD ABOUT THE ROAD I FOUND NOT TO BE TRUE AT LEAST FOR ME THE PEOPLE I MET AND THAT WOULD BE HUNDREDS WERE THE KINDEST,MOST CARING AND SWEET GENEROUS PEOPLE I HAVE EVERY MET IN MY LIFE.I LOVE THE ROAD I WAS FREE TO GO TO LIVE IT MY WAY I WAS THE BOSS OF MY OWN FUTURE.I MADE IT BACK TO NY AND THE PLACE I WAS GOING TO STAY WITH MY FRIEND BURNED AND HE FLIPPY WAS KILLED THE DAY BEFORE .SO MY GOOD BUDDY ARTIE SYLVESTER (I AM LOOKING FOR HIM )FAMILY TOOK ME IN .BUT ONE DAY I WOKE UP AND SAID THE ROAD CALLS AND OFF I WENT AGAIN .BACK TO GA,TO SEE SOME FRIENDS AND THEY LIKE MY LIFE SO FIVE OF THEM CAME WITH ME TO ATLANTA BUT FIRS...Expand for more