Current or former residents of the South are eligible for this group. Let's have a REUNION!!!!!!

[dixiegrrrrl]

57. Christmas in Fla. DOES feel weird, doesn't it?

I first landed in Lake City Fl and worked there for 2 years.
Interestingly, Stark Prison is there, which is where Ted Bundy ended up.

Best part of Fla. for me was a 2 day visit to St. Augustine, which has to rank right up there with New Orleans for being "like no place else"
with the added charm of feeling very very VERY old.
Had zero knowledge of Fla. history, or of how old the area was, back in '87, but have been educating myself rapidly, esp. once computers were available.

I travel well, so living in the South was/is a fun adventure. "When in Rome...etc".
People here amaze and amuse me, and are very tolerant of a "Yankee" in their midst, no matter how many times I point out I am from the West Coast, not the North.
When they say (in that tone we know so well) " Yew ain't from around here, are ya?"
I reply half apologetically, with a warm smile, " Well, I wasn't born here, but I got here just as soon as I could"
and everyone relaxes.