EXT. DECK OF AIRSTREAM TRAILER IN PINE FOREST - DAY
SESS and CLAIRE, mid-40s cowgirls from boots to hats, belt buckles and bandanas in-between, sit on log bench on pine deck aimed at dirt road coming out of the woods and leading to a car port near airstream. Two heavy-duty pickup trucks with dually tires - one a Chevrolet with New Mexico plates, the other a Ford with Oklahoma plates - share the port with two “dirt bike” motorcycles. Solar panels, two six-horse trailers and Jeep CJ-7 near barn, corral and hitching post in clearing behind the airstream. Three tents pitched in the nearby woods.
As Sess and Claire speak, TWO 15-YEAR-OLDS walk an unsaddled HORSE into view from out of the woods, toward the barn. An AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD DOG comes out of the barn to accompany the teens and horse into the barn.
CLAIRE: How did they meet?
SESS: Sat next to each other on a flight from Denver to A-B-Q.
CLAIRE: What does Hunter do?
SESS: He's a writer.
CLAIRE: Of what?
SESS: Two novels and a book of short stories.
CLAIRE: Really?
SESS: What's his last name?
CLAIRE: Hardyn. With a Y.
Sess, surprised, turns to Claire.
ENGINE SOUND before Rover arrives out of woods. Sess and Claire stand, walk to car port, where Hunter parks. The four out to meet the two.
CLAIRE: That's him.
SESS: Yep.
CLAIRE: My dad's gonna shit. Think he'll be okay with a selfie?
SESS: I asked. Yes.
CLAIRE: His daughter is beautiful.
SESS: Yep.
CLAIRE: How is the cowboy related?
SESS: Surprise visitor's all I know.
JACKIE: Cuz.
SESS: Cuz.
Sess and Jackie embrace.
SESS (CONT.): You made it.
JACKIE: Brush fire delay at the service road. Tried to call, no reception.
SESS: We heard it about on the radio.
Jackie and Claire embrace.
JACKIE: So happy to see you.
CLAIRE: You're glowing, Jack.
JACKIE: It's the high country light. How are the folks?
CLAIRE: Good. Taking the train to Fort Worth tomorrow for a week with friends in Dallas.
JACKIE: Ready to meet your dad's favorite author?
CLAIRE: Sess says a selfie might be alright.
JACKIE: All clear for picture taking and video. Hunter's only request is that Hardyn not be included in name tagging.
CLAIRE: Understood.
JACKIE: So, to introductions. Cecilia and Claire, it's my pleasure to introduce you to Hunter, Chloe and Tom. Tom, Chloe and Hunter, my cousin Cecilia and her partner Claire.
All exchange handshakes and variations of hello nice to meet you.
SESS: That out of the way, Sess is fine, thanks. So Jack's told you about what we're doing here with the horses and kids, who are saddling the horses now.
TOM: It's a wonderful thing you're doin'?
SESS: We're early into it but so far so good. Tom, I'm going to take a wild guess that this is not your first rodeo.
TOM: I been to a couple.
SESS: Maybe closer to a couple few?
TOM: That might be a little more accurate.
TOM: That might be a little more accurate.
JACKIE: Tom is a retired cattle ranch foreman.
SESS: Well then I guess a couple few thousand is closer to the actual number.
TOM: Prob'ly ain't inaccurate.
SESS: Whaddaya say we meet the kids and horses and get to moseying?
JACKIE: Let's.
Sess, Jackie and Claire lead to the barn. Tom, Chloe and Jackie follow them in.
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