Hi Everyone. So this is my travel journal for my time in Florida. I haven't had much time to get on the Internet so entries may be spotty. In fact, this one is going to be short because I'm in the library and have to take a dump. For now I will just give you a brief summary of what you can expect to read about my journeys to this strange, semi-tropical chunk of Gondwana:

• Swamp Buggy Races (a camoflauged dixie redneck festival)
• How to furnish your house for free, using the return policies of Costco and Wal-Mart (which down here are highly prevalent realms of hell)
• Trying to rent a house in Southern Florida (paranoid Cubans, pill-popping swingers, and our current landlords, Steve and Renata, who rented to us because they saw the Christian fish on our van)
• Sneaking into fancy hotel swimming pools
• My first sea kayak trip (lesbians with full-back Xena tattoos, dolphins, and the art of listening to guests constantly talk about themselves)

And that's just the first two weeks!