Down to Daytona

By car. We're still waiting on some mail to show up and the new oil we have has too much ash in it for these older engines. So Monday we go back to the store and swap it for something else or we don't change it yet.
Down A1A we drove looking at houses and condos. Some areas on the barrier don't have enough infrastructure to be comfortable IMHO. That and all it's going to take is one good storm and these places are gone the same way Galvaston Tx..
There is still quite a bit of Hurricane evidence around. Hotels in Daytona are closed and have strewn furniture bent metal and other indications of wind damage. Others are gone and buldozed out.
However the area is still quite healthy and vibrant. One thing we have noticed is that there are no mexicans filling low end jobs around us. At least we have not seen them yet. They must have to hide better down here. Even cooks, cleaners and dish washers are all non Hispanic. I wonder if there is some difference in local policy down here. As soon as we started going south we started seeing all sorts of folks doing boat washing and other work at that level.