The look of shock on my face must have told her all she needed to know.”‘I thought you’d find that painting extremely interesting. Please sit, m...ke yourself comfortable and I’ll tell you anything you want to know.’‘I have so many questions that I don’t know where to begin. Who are you? How did you get my painting? What do you want from me?’‘First of all, I want nothing from you. It’s not your painting, its mine. Let me tell you my story.’‘Back in 1830, I was a young naïve twenty year old young. She didn't seem to even think about the two of us being bare-assed naked any more. She was growing concerned for her friends, too."I don't know, Trish," I admitted. "Let's walk closer to the dunes. We can watch to the water's edge and look around the dunes at the same time.We had gone about a third of the way back to the spot where Dakota and Grace had left us when I heard voices originating from the other side of a small hill in the dunes. I couldn't make out the words, but the tone was enough. I don't ... I don't know ... Damn it!He kisses me right then, gently and steadily—passionately and brilliantly. I kiss him back, pushing and shoving and ramming my lips right straight against his. He is steady; he is patient with me; he is possessive and magnificent and wonderfully. To be honest and upright and truthful with you, this is just as much as heaven and paradise as it is itself. I swear that it surely is. We hold and embrace each other; we caress and stroke the other; we inhale and. There's never been gold mining in that one so I meandered up the valley floor.I looked around a lot. Archaeologists suffer from the "grazing cow syndrome." We look at our feet and swing our heads side to side like cows looking for a delightful bit of grass, but we're really looking for evidence of prior occupation in the form of cultural material. It doesn't have to be artifactual debris, it can be the white mans' trash. You might be surprised at the things early settlers throw away, or drop.