Working in Miami

The government accepted a bid I had on a 2-week job in Miami, FL. So I left Ohio on Thanksgiving afternoon, right after dinner, and headed for Florida in the rig. Nan and "the kids" stayed in Ohio with Nan's mom. I spend the first night in a Flying J truck stop in Virginia, which wasn't too bad. The next day I made it to Jacksonville, FL and stayed 2 nights in a campground. On Sunday I arrived at my home for 2 weeks, TY County Park, in Hollywood, FL, just north of Miami.

I worked Monday through Thursday this week, and by the time I got home from work it was starting to get dark. Today (Friday) I had off so I took a little walk around the park. A guy pulled in a few sites from me, and as I walked past him we had a nice chat. In the first 15 seconds of the conversation he told me how a girl he had been living with for a month stole all his money and was on her way to Jamaica. He said he called the Feds to have her arrested before she got on the plane. He then said to get back at her he was thinking of having her parents in Jamaica killed since it only cost $500 there. As I left I told him to have a nice day and started thinking of all the excuses I could give to avoid him in case he wanted to hangout tonight. It turns out he was just filling up his water tank and then he left. So all that thinking was just a waste of time.

The park has a blacktop path that circles the big pond in the middle. I decided to take a walk on this path. Unlike most campgrounds this park is open to the public. Usually campers are very friendly and smile to each other while walking. I noticed that no one was smiling at me or even making eye contact. I guess when you live in a big city like Miami you get hardened as a defense mechanism against people that will try to take advantage of you. Either that or the other people on the trail were French Canadians.

This morning I got to sleep in a little. I've been getting up at 5:00 a.m. so that I can get to work by 7:00 a.m. and miss some of the horrendous traffic. Today I woke up around 6:00, and turned on the news to hear about the 32 inches of snow they got in Buffalo, NY. Tomorrow I may check out South Beach.