So my time at the Zoo has been fun, good to catch up with old friends and giggling like a school boy with my supervisor about "Boning" my way across the US. But not I am in America and it a whole different country.
My flight was textbook, surrounded by a family that were hell bent on not leaving me in peace wanting to talk, walk and indeed scamper over my seat due to their excitement at flying into Orlando and presumably Disney world etc. yay.
The bus journey after was interesting. A diverse set of highway signs leaving me with the impression that Floridians are obsessed with real estate, abortion, various arrangements of meat, and the size of their alligators.
My arrival in Gainesville was pretty late but i got to my hotel to find the biggest bed ever conceived by man, which was a welcome sight as the next day i was up at the crack of dawn to start my boning....
So it turns out, that they have moved the collection of fossils for my study out of the museum collection proper to a storage facility located on the outskirts of town near a bowling alley called "Alleycatz", which seems to be busy at all times of the day. The facility is teeming with crazy fossil specimens and casts of Dire Wolf jaws, whale skulls etc. However, I have been told to keep a low profile, and this combined with my supervisors desire to have me bring back some sloths in my suitcase makes me think i may be involved in an international fossil smuggling operation and am some kind of patsie.
Right, so i have to get back to boning now. So many fossils, so little time. Hope all of you are having a great time. I look forward to seeing you all.
J
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