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[1204]

Okay. /Do you go camping very much? /

[1106]

No, /I've haven't gone camping in years. /{C But } it's is something that I've done in the past. /How about you? /

[1204]

{F Uh, } we try to go once, maybe twice a summer. {F Uh, }

[1106]

# [ That's, + that's ] pretty average to me . # /

[1204]

# [ we, + ] {F uh, } just, {D you know, } for # {D like } a short weekend or something. /We don't go for [ the long, + {D you know, } week long ] thing. /

[1106]

Uh-huh. /

[1204]

{C But } we usually go to, {F uh, } a lake area, {D you know, } where the campsites,

[1106]

# Right. # /

[1204]

# are # and do that. {F Uh, } /

[1106]

Do you tent camp /{C or } do you have a camper? /

[1204]

{F Oh } no, /no, /no /a tent. /

[1106]

That's what I ha-, {D you know, } - /that's how I camp too. /That's how I define camping . /

[1204]

Me too . /You're really roughing it. /

[1106]

[ The rest, + the rest ] of that is [ re-, + really ] not the same. /

[1204]

Yeah. /

[1106]

As a matter of fact, [ my, + my, ] {D you know, } the majority of the amount of camping I've done has been really roughing it. /{F Um, } as a little girl I'd go with my dad and my uncle and my brother, /{C and } we went to the Boundary Waters area in Minnesota. /{C So, }

[1204]

# Oh. # /

[1106]

# [ that's, + # that's ] really wild. /

[1204]

Yeah. /Are you here in local Texas, /{E I mean? } -/

[1106]

Yes, /I'm in Austin, /where are you? /

[1204]

I'm in Garland. /

[1106]

Oh. /

[1204]

Right outside of Dallas. /

[1106]

Uh-huh. /

[1204]

{C So } [ we, + {F um, } we ] have a five year old, /{C and } [ we started taking her, + she was pretty young when we started, {F uh, } camping with her. ] /

[1106]

{F Oh, } the kids love it. /

[1204]

I know. /

[1106]

{E I mean, } they just love it. /It's wonderful for them to be outside. /

[1204]

I know, /[ {C and } then they, + {C and } they, ] {D you know, } - / there's no T V, /{C and } they don't have all these modern toys, /{C and } they have to use sticks and rocks and stuff like,

[1106]

# Exactly. # /

[1204]

# that # to play with. /

[1106]

Yes. /

[1204]

{C And } I like that. /It's pretty fun. /

[1106]

{D Well, } (( how it, )) - /[ it's + really [ is a, + is a ] ] [ good, + good ] family thing,

[1204]

# Uh-huh. # /

[1106]

# to # do. /

[1204]

Yeah. /

[1106]

Yeah. /{C And, } -/

[1204]

[ We, + we ] try to, {F uh, } go with another couple that have children also. /

[1106]

Uh-huh. /

[1204]

{C And, } {F uh, } that makes it a lot more enjoyable. /{C Plus, } {D you know, } we don't have to go out and buy all the equipment and stuff, {D you know, } /we kind of split it up. {F Uh, } /

[1106]

Good planning . /

[1204]

Yeah . /Because [ it gets, + it really does get ] expensive [ if you, + if you ] don't want to rough it all the way. /

[1106]

Exactly. /

[1204]

{D You know, } even the sleeping bags, those are running, {D you know, } a good thirty dollars a pop, /[ {C and, } +

[1106]

# You're right. # /

[1204]

# {C and so } ] # we've built that up. /{C But, } -/

[1106]

Do you have a boat? /

[1204]

No. /

[1106]

No? /

[1204]

Want one bad. /Do you? /

[1106]

{F Oh, } {D well, } {D actually, } [ I would, + {D you know } what I would ] love? /I would absolutely love a sail boat. /

[1204]

Oh. /

[1106]

That doesn't go along with camping, /{C but, }

[1204]

# Yes . # /

[1106]

# now [ [ that, + # that, ] + that's ] what I would like,

[1204]

# Yeah, # /

[1106]

# to # have. /

[1204]

I would too. /

[1106]

Yeah. /

[1204]

Would too. /We usually, - /{F uh, } let's see, /we try to go to a lake. /My husband and this, {F uh, } other couple that we go with, her husband, {F um, } kind of likes, {F um, } is it scuba dive? /{C And, so } we'll go to a lake [ and, + ] {F uh, } where they can go do that. /

[1106]

# Uh-huh. # /

[1204]

# We're # close enough so they can do that, /{C and } the girls can play on the beach area . /<>

[1106]

{C And } I would play on the beach area too. /

[1204]

Yeah. /

[1106]

That's what I would do. /

[1204]

Yeah . /

[1106]

Yeah. /

[1204]

That's fun. /

[1106]

I'm just sitting here [ list-, + listening ] to your accent and thinking what a good time the computer is going to have with that. /

[1204]

Really? /Am I pretty Texan? /

[1106]

You're pretty Texan. /

[1204]

# . #

[1106]

# Yes. /# {C But } {D you know, } you know what's really funny? /{F Um, } [ I've had + people tell me that I have ] a Texas accent, /[ {C and, } + {C and } ] {E I mean, } there is just no way I've not picked one up. /

[1204]

No, /[ you don't, + you don't ] sound like it to me. /

[1106]

I've only lived here about six years. /

[1204]

{F Oh, } have you? /

[1106]

{C So, } [ [ i-, + i-, ] + if ] I have one, it must be very, very slight. /

[1204]

Yeah. /

[1106]

The Yankees can hear it. /

[1204]

Yes. /{F Oh, } that's true, /that's true. /[ I, {D see } I ] don't think I do, /[ {C but, } + {F uh, } {C but } ] a lot of people do say I sound like, - /[ I guess, + I have, I guess ] more of a twang,

[1106]

# Uh-huh. # /

[1204]

# to # my voice <>. /

[1106]

Are you [ a, + a ] native Texan? /

[1204]

I sure am. /

[1106]

Oh. /

[1204]

I've lived here all my life. /

[1106]

{D Well, } good for you. /

[1204]

{C But, } any way, {F uh, } <>, -/

[1106]

Have you ever been to Austin? /

[1204]

Yes, /yes /we went last summer, actually. /

[1106]

This, - /how was, - /I'm wondering, I'm really not that not familiar. /I know there are some good places to go camping along [ the, + {F uh, } the ] lakes. /

[1204]

[ {C Or } + ] is there? /Okay, /{D well, } we didn't go camping, /[ [ we just, + {F uh, } we ] did {D like, } + {F uh, } we drove ] down to Houston to visit friends, /{C and, }

[1106]

# Uh-huh. # /

[1204]

# we # went to Galveston and, {F uh, } to San Antonio and then up to Austin. [ And, + and ] kind of, {F uh, } {D you know, } doing the sight seeing type stuff. /{C So } we didn't go camping. /That would be fun though to go. /That's one thing my husband wanted to do, [ was, + on this summer's vacation was ] to go and camp wherever we went. /{C And } I said, {D Well, } I'd love that /{C but, } -/

[1106]

It takes a lot more planning. /

[1204]

It does, /[ {C and, } + {C and } ] ever once, {D you know, } on [ my summer vacation, + {D you know, } my week-long vacation, ] I,

[1106]

# Uh-huh. # /

[1204]

# want # to be a little bit pampered, {D you know, } by a,

[1106]

# Right. # /

[1204]

# hotel # and a waiter . /

[1106]

Exactly, /exactly, /yeah. /

[1204]

{C So, } we're hoping to do {D like } a three day weekend. /There's, {F um, } a thing called Pfeiffer Rim. /I don't know if you have ever heard of it? /

[1106]

No, /I haven't. /

[1204]

[ It's, + {F uh, } there's ] a town called Glenrose. /I think it's around two hours from here. /{C And, } {F uh, } [ it's, + it has ] {D like } dinosaur tracks,

[1106]

# {F Oh, } [ that sounds, # +

[1204]

# and stuff like # that /{C and } it's got one of those wildlife parks. /

[1106]

That sounds ] great. /

[1204]

Yeah. /I think that'll be fun. /{C So } we're going to try to do that {D like } on a three day weekend, go there /{C and, } -/

[1106]

Have you ever camped out of state? /

[1204]

No, /I haven't. /

[1106]

{D You know, } where you should try,

[1204]

# Where at? # /

[1106]

# sometime is # Colorado. /It is beautiful. /

[1204]

Is it? /

[1106]

Absolutely beautiful. /

[1204]

I've just been up there skiing, /{C and, } {D well, } we've driven through, /[ {C and, } +

[1106]

# Uh-huh. # /

[1204]

# {D you # know, } /

[1106]

# Uh-huh. # /

[1204]

# [ {C but, } + # {C but } ] ] not, {D you know, } camping or anything. /{C But } I would love to camp,

[1106]

# Yes. # /

[1204]

# in # the mountains. /

[1106]

Estes State Park is fantastic. /

[1204]

That's what my girlfriend says. /Yes, /she loves that place. /

[1106]

{D See, } you need to go there. /

[1204]

She loves that. /She says that where we need to go sometime. /

[1106]

[ [ [ It is. + It's, ] + {D you know, } it's, ] + it's ] high canyon /[ {C and, } + {F uh, } {C and } ] there's this little mountain lakes /{C and } it's very peaceful. /

[1204]

Oh. /

[1106]

{C And, } {F um, } [ in, + in ] the early fall time, -/

[1204]

# Uh-huh. # /

[1106]

# {F um, } # I can't remember what type of trees they are, /{C but } [ they, + all the leaves ] turn yellow, /

[1204]

# Oh. # /

[1106]

# {C and } # it's just brilliant. /{C And, } -/

[1204]

I love that. /

[1106]

Yes, /you would. /You'd like it very much. /

[1204]

That's neat. /That's neat. /

[1106]

I know you would. /

[1204]

I used to go camping all the time as [ a, + a ] Girl Scout. /

[1106]

I was too . /

[1204]

All the time. I got real used to it then. /

[1106]

Yeah. /

[1204]

I felt like we roughed it then . /

[1106]

{F Uh, } {D well } we did, {D you know, } /we really did. /{E I mean, } I just don't understand these people that think taking an R V,

[1204]

# Right. # /

[1106]

# and # parking it and sitting inside and watching T V,

[1204]

# Yes. # /

[1106]

# and # having your microwave , /

[1204]

# Exactly. # /

[1106]

# It's not # camping. /

[1204]

{E I mean, } we had to make the fires and dig latrines and everything. /

[1106]

Right, /right. /{E I mean } that is it . /

[1204]

You have to get poison ivy and all that good stuff,

[1106]

# Right. # /

[1204]

# to # really be camping . /

[1106]

Oh. /

[1204]

Yeah. /{D Well } do [ [ you, + you, ] + you ] say you haven't been in years? /

[1106]

No, /I haven't. /[ I'm, + {F um, } I'm ] a struggling single mom. /

[1204]

# {F Oh, } gosh, bless your heart. # /

[1106]

# {C and, } {F uh, } - / thank you. # /

[1204]

.

[1106]

{F Um, } it's, {D you know, } - /time is precious, /money's precious. /

[1204]

Yes. /

[1106]

{F Um, } {C and } [ [ [ i-, + i-, ] + it, ] + it, ] - /I think I haven't been able to do it, /{C and, } {D you know, } [ what, + that ] was one of the things I really thought I'd like to do with my children,

[1204]

# Uh-huh, /uh-huh. # /

[1106]

# {D you know, } # again. /{C And } [ th-, + ] I'm a little bit fearful of trying that just women. /

[1204]

I don't blame you. /

[1106]

{D You know? } /

[1204]

I don't blame you at all. /

[1106]

I hope, /

[1204]

Years ago it would have been fine /{C but, } -/

[1106]

Yes, /[ I, + I ] really now, [ [ n-, + n-, ] + ] - /[ I, + I ] have gone on one little vacation, just the girls and I. /We drove down to Port Aransas,

[1204]

# Oh. # /

[1106]

# and # rented a little efficiency, {D you know, }

[1204]

# Yeah. # /

[1106]

# [ and, # + and ] had a marvelous like two nights, /

[1204]

# Yeah. # /

[1106]

# {C and } # that was great. /{C And } even at that, [ it, + it ] was like the first time that I ventured,

[1204]

# Uh-huh. # /

[1106]

# {D you # know, } out of the city by myself. /[ {C And, } + {C and, } ] {D you know, } [ I, + I ] stayed in a nice place. /{C But } [ it's still, + it's ] real different not to have another adult with you. /

[1204]

Yes. /I kn-, -/

[1106]

{D # You know. # } /

[1204]

# I can # imagine. /

[1106]

I'm just a chicken. /

[1204]

.

[1106]

I know lots of women would do it all the time. /

[1204]

No . /I don't blame you, not nowadays. /

[1106]

I haven't quite adjusted, {D you know? } /

[1204]

Yeah. /Now are you with T I down there? /

[1106]

{D Well, } [ I, + I ] was with T I until January. /[ I, + {F uh, } I ] left T I in January hoping to strike out and find a job where I could make some money. /

[1204]

Good. /

[1106]

{C So, } {D well } [ it's, +

[1204]

Have you? . /

[1106]

It was ] a good plan but I haven't yet . /

[1204]

Okay. /

[1106]

I got into sales, /{C and, }

[1204]

# Oh. # /

[1106]

# I'm # selling, {F uh, } telephone systems. /

[1204]

{F Oh, } that's neat. /

[1106]

{C And } [ it's, + it's ] fun /{C and } it's interesting, /{C but } it's also, {F um, } pretty challenging, /{C and } [ I haven't, + I haven't ] started making money yet. /

[1204]

{F Um. } It's hard isn't it? /

[1106]

{C So, } yeah, /[ it's, + it's ] hard . /

[1204]

{D Now, } how old are your girls? /

[1106]

Eleven and fourteen. /

[1204]

{F Oh, } goodness. /

[1106]

Yeah. /{C So } I'm old . /

[1204]

No, /you're not old . /

[1106]

.

[1204]

<> You're not old at all. /

[1106]

{D Well, } excuse me just second. /

[1204]

Sure. /

[1106]

<> Honey, I'll be wi-, - /yeah, /go ahead. /<> There's someone at the door. /