mountain meadow 1: Hunter and Tom

Horseback, side by side, trailing Jackie and Chloe, who trail Sess and Claire. 

TOM: How often do you get to see Chloe?

HUNTER: Her spring breaks, the last few weeks of her summer vacation, every other birthday weekend and whenever I'm in L-A .  

TOM: You and Barbara on good terms?

HUNTER: We are. We talk at least once a week.

TOM: What does she do for a living?

HUNTER: She's a photographer. We met at the same newspaper we worked for.

TOM: Are her parents livin'?

HUNTER: They are. Jan and John. Retired attorneys in Paso Robles.

TOM: Well that ain't too far from San Luis Obispo, is it?

HUNTER: Half-hour drive, and there's a train. Ever been in the area?

TOM: Closest was Pismo Beach 'bout a thousand years ago.

HUNTER: What were you doing in Pismo Beach a thousand years ago.

TOM: Knew a fella who got me a job doin' some wranglin' work on a movie.

 HUNTER: Really?

TOM: Yessir.

HUNTER: What movie?

TOM:  It was called Cattle Creek, a western.

HUNTER: I don't know that one.

TOM: Never got released. Heck, didn't even really get finished far as I remember. Ran outta money. But it was a good time in the six weeks it lasted. Anyway, me and this fella, Mike Lawler, drove up in his Impala and stayed a few days. Did some deep sea fishin'.

HUNTER: Catch anything.

TOM: Halibut, rock cod. Ever do any fishin'?

HUNTER: No. Do you still fish?

TOM: I do. Got some good trout water near home and me and a friend'll take his boat out on Medina Lake when we're at Ruth's.

HUNTER: Fly fishing for trout?

TOM: Yessir. 

HUNTER: Who taught you to tie and cast a fly?

TOM: My grandad. Dad's father, Willie. He had a friend with some Guadalupe river frontage. Think you might be up for fishin' sometime?

HUNTER: Yes. I would.

TOM: Well then we will.

HUNTER: Alright.