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I sometimes think Mark and I
could have been famous movie stars
with our names plastered forever on
the sidewalks of Tinsel Town.
In the five months we've been
roommates, we have shared some
pretty action-packed adventures,
some of which have already been
related to you, the reader, while
others have remained under wraps.
Anyway, the latest of our adventures
came as a result of Mark's newfound
interest in fossils and began in
the wee hours of the morning a few
Sundays ago when we departed from
Holden Beach.
Since Mark's car has no radio, I
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with me because I love driving, and it
was great for Mark, too, because it
meant he could doze off to sleep
every so often and intermittently interject
some comment about how one
goes about hunting fossils.
After a three-hour drive through
eight counties, we reached our
destination of Aurora, N.C., home of
what Mark said is the largest fossil
pit on the east coast.
I was pretty charged up and ready
to hunt after the long drive to
Beaufort County, but soon learned we
had some more work ahead of us
before we bagged any old relics.
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You see, we didn't exactly have
permission to go and help ourselves
to those fossils. It's not as bad as it
sounds, though, because the old bits
and pieces would have gone to waste
just sitting there with nobody to admire
them.
Anyway, after waiting for traffic to
clear, we scampered across the
highway with buckets and bags and
snacks in tow and headed for the pits.
We dove through the brush, crouched
down momentarily and then
bolted for the next row of bushes so
as not to be spotted. We were now
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It wasn't long before we came upon
our first major obstacle. It was a
long, metal pipe, probably about 12
inches in diameter, which crossed
over a swift-moving moat of sulfur
water some 10 feet below.
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Mark had made brief mention of
this pipe when he explained the permanent
rust stain on the behind of his
jeans left over from his last trip, but
the reality of this gateway to fossil
land was much more intimidating
than what I had imagined.
Something you should know about
me right off the bat is that I've never
demonstrated a great deal of
balance, especially when it comes to
falling off logs and what not, so this
was a real challenge for me.
I briefly considered sliding across
the pipe on my behind like Mark had
done the week before, but I hadn't
traveled 150 miles to stain my pants.
And after watching Mark dart right
across the pipe in no time flat, I really
didn't want to behave like a wimp,
even though President-elect George
Bush would have approved.
So I kicked the dirt from the bottom
of my sneakers and tentatively tiptoed
my way along the pipe, moving
one inch at a time across the 20-footwide
moat.
It was hard enough to begin with,
and when Mark started chuckling
and telling me we didn't have but a
few hours to collect fossils, it suddenly
became more difficult.
With my heart in my throat, I
somehow made it across and let out a
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heavy sigh.
The relief lasted about three
seconds, however, as we jumped
through another row of bushes and
came to another moat and another
pipe and another challenge which
needed to be tackled.
Again, Mark made the crossing
look easy and I followed at my same
slow pace after being assured that
there were no more pipes waiting on
the other side of this one. I made it
again, and gave thanks that I
wouldn't have to face those suckers
again until the end of the day.
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When all was said and done, we had
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!e each had a bucketful of fossils
nd could have brought back many
lore if they hadn't been so heavy.
But more than that, we got outoors
and away from everyone and
verything else in the world. For me
nyway, the vastness and the mood
f the fossil pits did wonders. It
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fiat had been cluttering my mind for
reeks. A simple change in routine, I
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