INT. ROVER - DAY
Hunter driving U.S, Hwy 70 northeast through the woods of the Mescalero Apache reservation, Sierra Blanca Peak framed in the windshield.
TOM: When's the last time you were on a horse?
CHLOE: Does a mule count?
TOM: Sure it counts.
CHLOE: Then two years ago at the Grand Canyon.
* Add John/Jan/Barb/Chloe mule ride Grand Canyon framed photo to Chloe's desk.
TOM: Good time?
Chloe nods.
TOM (CONT.) Before that?
CHLOE: Pony ride at the state fair when I was a kid. When's the last time you were on a horse?
TOM: Few months ago. We got friends with land and horses up near Sheridan. We'll get up for some ridin' a couple times a year. How 'bout you, Hunter?
HUNTER: Last time on a horse?
TOM: Yessir.
HUNTER: It'll be twenty years in November.
TOM: Where were ya, if ya don't mind me askin'?
HUNTER: Costa Rica. My honeymoon. A sunset ride on the beach.
TOM: Me and Wanda are thinkin' about doin' that on the northern part of the island.
CHLOE: Are you doing a luau?
TOM: We are. Wanda don't believe it but I'm takin' a surfin' lesson at Waikiki.
CHLOE: That's cool. And it's a great place to learn.
TOM: You been?
CHLOE: That's where my mom taught me.
TOM: Well how 'bout that? How old were ya?
CHLOE: Ten.
TOM: Well you must be Pretty good by now.
Chloe shrugs.
CHLOE: I think it's great you're doing it.
TOM: Figure I'll be fallin' all over the plae but the landin's gotta be softer than comin' off a horse.
CHLOE: And it's warm water.
TOM: Where do ya surf outta San Luis Obispo?
CHLOE: Different places but usually Pismo.
TOM: I reckon the water's a little colder than Hawaii.
CHLOE: Always a wetsuit. Have you ever been to California?
TOM: I have. San Diego.
CHLOE: What were you doing there?
TOM: Boot camp United States Marine Corps.
Pause.
CHLOE: Did you join?
TOM: I did not.
Pause.
CHLOE: Drafted and on the way to Vietnam?
TOM: Yes ma'am.
Pause.
CHLOE: Is that something you'd be willing to talk about sometime.
TOM: We can do that.
Silence but for hum of wheels on road.
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