planning upon staying for at least a week to work on this blog and other writings, taking advantage of the fact that the computers here have no waiting list attendant to them, and one can stay on "all day," more or less.
I took the train here last night, accompanied by Harold, a 60 something guy who was staying at the Occupy New Orleans sight; a sight which has been posted with "no trespassing after 10:30 p.m." signs recently.
It was a pretty easy hop, though we had to walk about 2 miles from the Family Dollar, where we got off the bus, to the actual train. This was a strategic error as, I could have gotten the food and snacks at a different Family Dollar, and then we could have gotten off the bus close to the train. I didn't realise my folly until trying to walk the two miles to the train with Harold falling further and further behind, and wanting to stop to rest. I'm glad that it turned out to be an easy hop because Harold had never jumped a freight train before, and I could envision him whining and complaining should we have had to have sat for hours, waiting for the right train...
I had assured him that Mobile would be "no worse" than New Orleans for him. He doesn't panhandle nor want to stay drunk all day so, there was no wisdom in his staying there, especially after the Occupation was dispersed.
Not much more to report; the train ride wouldn't make an interesting story. It went fast. It was a "hotshot," loaded with Christmas merchandise bound for somewhere -high priority, every other train just got out of the way for us, with our load of Barbie Dolls and Play Stations. Three and a half hours from NOLA to Mobile. It has taken twice that long before.
From here, I must go back to NOLA on December 20th for mine and Sue's courtdate, and to possibly pick up a Christmas parcel from The Lidgleys, my friends in London.
From there, the world will be my oyster and, shucks, I just don't know where I will go.
I would probably stand a better chance of making enough money in California to go all the way from California to Massachusetts to visit my friends and family, than I would trying to make the money in New Orleans to make that shorter trip...
You might try San Diego, there's a sort of migration to San Diego, Tucson, Florida, etc warm places in the winter. Winter's OK here in the Bay Area, it was 37 degrees *inside* here this morning but it did warm up. Another night in the 30s though tonight.
ReplyDeleteOne way to do things is to migrate, north and south, along the West Coast with the seasons.
There are jobs picking fruit etc out here too. Big money, $50 a day so I hear. You have to be able to work pretty hard though.