In 1972, Atlanta resident Marc Goldstein and his friends were about to depart on a 8,000-mile, post-high school graduation trip across the country in his brother’s VW camper.
It seemed like a good idea to take a document vouching for their character, and who better to supply it than then-Gov. Jimmy Carter?
Goldstein, now a Sandy Springs resident, said he and his “long-haired, scruffy” friends were planning a six-week, meandering camping trip all around the western United States and Canada…