Moving to the sunshine state  − 19 October, 1968

On this fateful day, my parents moved us from Queens, Long Island, New York to Miami, Florida.  We weren't actually in the city of Miami.  Actually we weren't actually in any city.  The area we lived in was (and still is) part of unincorporated Dade County (now called Miami-Dade County).  We moved into a house on the last block that was already built in a community called Palm Springs North.  They were still building the houses across the street from us. 

After growing up in NYC, I felt as if I'd been dropped off the face of the earth.