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                         “Don't forget the passport.”

Spring [1] felt I might like to take pictures of the Opa-Locka City Hall [2].
She also felt it would be nice if we took the Tri-Rail [3] down to the Opa-
Locka station, about a block away from the City Hall.

I almost didn't make it [4] but I parked at the Lake Worth Tri-Rail station
and as I was walking (the parking lot is about a block away from the station
itself) I heard the train pulling into the station. I started to run (boy, am
I out of shape) but it turned out to be a maintenance train going through the
station.

Spring had already bought my ticket and I had a few minutes to catch my
breath before the actual Tri-Rail train pulled up.

[The Tri-Rail is a'coming] [5] [6] [Spring asking the security guard about
the neighborhood (outlook not so good)] [7] [8] [Opa-Locka Tri-Rail station]
[9] [10] [Platform 9 3/4] [11] [12] [Hmmm … a Batman villian must be nearby]
[13] [14] [Watch out! Train coming through] [15] [16] [Bert's been
overfeeding his pigeons] [17] [18] [Train still coming through] [19] [20]

But Spring has miscalculated the timing and was unaware that we would arrive
at Opa-Locka after it got dark. And because the neighborhood of Opa-Locka is
less than stellar [21], we decided to stick around the train station until we
could head back north.

[1] http://www.springdew.com/
[2] http://www.pbase.com/airlinerphotos/image/3505941
[3] http://www.tri-rail.com/
[4] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2006/12/17.1
[5] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2006/12/17/thumb.pc170001.jpg
[6] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2006/12/17/pc170001.jpg
[7] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2006/12/17/thumb.pc170011.jpg
[8] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2006/12/17/pc170011.jpg
[9] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2006/12/17/thumb.pc170012.jpg
[10] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2006/12/17/pc170012.jpg
[11] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2006/12/17/thumb.pc170020.jpg
[12] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2006/12/17/pc170020.jpg
[13] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2006/12/17/thumb.pc170024.jpg
[14] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2006/12/17/pc170024.jpg
[15] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2006/12/17/thumb.pc170031.jpg
[16] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2006/12/17/pc170031.jpg
[17] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2006/12/17/thumb.pc170037.jpg
[18] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2006/12/17/pc170037.jpg
[19] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2006/12/17/thumb.pc170047.jpg
[20] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2006/12/17/pc170047.jpg
[21] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opa-locka,_Florida#Crime

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