October 21, 2010. Today is the last day in Florence, Alabama. We did not get the loaner car as we had hoped, so we walked to the few historic sites we could see. We went to Pope's Tavern Museum. I was not sure what this would be, but it is one of the oldest structures in Florence. Pope's Tavern was used as a stagecoach stop, a tavern and inn, and as a hospital during the Civil War. It is said that General Andrew Jackson stopped here in 1814 on his march to battle the British at New Orleans. I was able to tap out a little tune on the pump organ once used by a traveling preacher. Hard to keep the beat when the feet have to pump air. We also visited the home of Major General George Washington Goethals, who engineered the Panama Canal project
.Tomorrow we continue on the Tennesse River
going to Joe Wheeler State Park Marina, near
Rogersville, Alabama to meet other AGLCA travelers for sessions on the route that will return us to St. Petersberg, Florida, our starting point. Talk to you then.
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