September 08, 1998

POLICE STATION

The ride from Huntville to Gadsen, AL was hard because I had to deal with some head winds. It was just around dusk when I got into Gadsen. I had a hard time finding the police station. I got turned around a bit because the city was remodeling the downtown area. The search took me around twenty minutes.

I finally made it to the police station just after dark. I had hoped that somebody there might know a place for me to camp out or a minister they could contact. The people at the desk didn't know of any minister. They also didn't think that camping out in the city park would be safe even though they had a caretaker.

Instead, one of the officers said that I could camp out on the second floor hallway of the station. There was a sectional couch to sleep on. The only problem might be that there were two soda machines which might keep me up during the night. I accepted the offer because I was too tired to find any other place.