Conversation 50 - Excerpt

Charles: …How far do you think we walked, anyway?

Renee: I dunno. Maybe…well…down from the parking area was about a mile, wasn’t it? And then around the lake took us a couple of hours, so that must have been what? Two or three miles? And then all over through those woods! I’ve got no idea how far we walked around in there.

C: Maybe about the same again? And then along the creek and back to the vans– heck, it must’ve been nine, ten miles at least, all told. Anyway, I’m bushed.

R: That’s the life of a field researcher: ‘bushed’ (laughs).

C (laughs): In the bushes. So– what did we get for it? Have you sorted through any of that stuff we brought back yet?

R: Just started. Gonna help?

C: That’s what I’m here for. Otherwise, I’d still be asleep in bed, I guarantee.