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Cracker's Swamp Dirt Road
From St. Augustine we drove south alone I-95 to State 207 west, a two lane
rural highway that lead us through such metropolitan areas like Elkton,
Armstrong, Spuds and Palatka. And roads such as Cracker Swamp Dirt Road, not
to be confused with Cracker Swamp Road.
Kurt has an account with BellSouth.Net, [1] an ISP. In Jacksonville all the
lines were busy and in St. Augustine … well … BellSouth has no point of
presence in St. Augustine.
But Palatka! There's a POP in Palatka of all places. Spuds! You could hook up
to the Internet in Spuds! Downtown Spuds consists of a gas station. I think.
I don't know, we passed through Spuds in under a minute.
We also passed through Putnam Hall, where there is neither a hall, nor a
putnam. Orange Hights was a busling megaopolis of a town—several buildings
making up an obvious downtown area.
But no Internet service from BellSouth.Net in St. Augustine. Kurt's theory:
“They're trying to preserve their heritage.”
Yea, right.
[1]
http://www.bellsouth.net/
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