5 Work Days Left

I hope I make it. They tried to kill me today. I did landscaping work all day today. It was about 90 and sunny. We had no shade. To make matters worse we weren't just laying sod, first we had to rip up all the old dead sod first. Then after a full day I went to the Boys and Girls club and worked on the course for almost 3 hours. We only have 4 holes left to lay grass on. At least I don't have to worry about the turf not taking and going back and ripping it up. We should pretty much finish up the course tomorrow. I'll take pictures. My brain feels swollen right now. I'm a serious redneck right now too. And I was on the beach all weekend trying to lose the farmer's tan. Oh well, in a few months I'll have no tan and be getting ready for snow. Other than the golf course I'm not too crunched for time in my last week. I have a few loose ends to tie up but I've got it under control. Packing my car will be the real test.

I went to an old plantation on Monday. It is part of the National Park system. It's called the Kingsley Plantation and it is near the ocean northwest of the city. It is unusual because it was owned by a white dude who married a freed slave and they ran the plantation together. The original house, barn, and slave quarters were still intact. They had a garden so you could see all the crops they used to grow there. The big cash crop was Sea Island cotton. The land hasn't been farmed in 100 years so now it's a forest. They had a little presentation where they showed us how the cotton was picked and ginned (de-seeded). Eight to ten hours a day of picking that in the heat down here is unimaginable.

Going into my last weekend here. It doesn't seem like the end is almost here but after today I'm definitely ready to move on. I tested out the tent last weekend and made my reservations at a campground outside New Orleans. Should be an adventure. Well, that's enough for me tonight. I'm off to start watching A Clockwork Orange, which just came from Netflix. One of my favorites. Have a great weekend.