there was something ageless about seventh line , the strip of two lane highway which led to clarksville ; there was the old gator drive in , where laura and lamar had spent many nights and seen very few movies , the five star driving range where they had had their first date , both of them nervously slicing golf balls into the black night , and then making our furiously in the parking lot , and trendle nurseries , the site of their worst fightlaura eventually driving off , leaving lamar stranded in the parking lot , two hibiscus bushes at his feet .