Buzz enjoys ride as fair-game clerk

Buzz would recommend his job to anybody.

A game clerk at the Lee County Fair, Buzz first walked on a Midway in Coco Beach, Fla., when he was 16 years old.

He said the fair came looking for work and gave him a job.

"By the end of the week, they asked me, 'Did I want to go with them?'" Buzz said. "And I was like, 'OK, sure. Why not?'"

More than 20 years later, Buzz still loves his job.

"I get to travel all over the country," Buzz said.

On Wednesdays, Buzz said the workers take a break and find a state park or novelty in the area they are working in.

"That way we get to enjoy the town that we're in and the atmosphere that's around the community that we're catering our entertainment to," Buzz said.

Mardi Gras in New Orleans is the most exciting place Buzz said he's been. He said he sometimes goes there on his own and sets up a place to sell beads.

"It's really cool," Buzz said. "You get to see people from all over the country at Mardi Gras, and of course there you get to see them in their rare form."

Once in Pensacola, Fla., Buzz took a picture of a man walking across the highway.

"It was a big gentleman," Buzz said. "White hair, white beard--looked like a Santa Claus with a backpack on his back."

Buzz sent the picture to everyone he knew.

"I said the economy is so bad even Santa Clause is looking for work."

Buzz works nine months on the road with a three-month off-season.

While on the road Buzz lives in a trailer at a nearby campground or park. He said he and his co-workers have satellites in order to keep in touch with friends and watch TV.

"We all have our own quarters as far as trailers and things like that," Buzz said. "So the living accommodations would be no different than if we were on a vacation in a camper for a week."

Buzz said people are good all over the country.

"You just got to look for them," Buzz said. "Actually don't have to look too hard."