Jimmie and Deborah Johnson have been married for 50 years, and it’s been quite a ride. Literally. The Birmingham couple married in April 1975 and have visited nearly every state in the country by car, motorcycle, or train.
“We have crisscrossed the country in both directions four times on the motorcycle, probably about eight times in cars, and about five times on the train,” said Jimmie.
In May, to commemorate their 50th wedding anniversary, the Johnsons embarked on a seven-day Alaskan cruise aboard the Norwegian Encore, marking their visit to the 49th U.S. state as a couple. (They’ve yet to visit Hawaii.)
The journey spanned 15 days and incorporated multiple forms of transportation: they drove to Memphis, Tennessee, boarded a train to Seattle, Washington, departed for Alaska by cruise ship, spent three days returning to Memphis by train, and concluded by driving back to Birmingham…