Summertime in typically ski country, a stupid fellow stops in Silverthorne Colorado to visit an old friend.
EXT. Silverthorne Colorado Riverside Lodge - DAWN
In the distance, snow capped mountains with pine forests on the side that blend into green valleys which slope down to into the narrow rushing River. The constant RIVER SOUND can be heard everywhere. A path runs along the rapids with bicyclists and hikers out for their morning stroll. A stupid looking fellow with a St Louis sweatshirt and a camera is taking pictures of every little thing.
EXT. THE PICNIC TABLE OUTSIDE THE LODGE - DAY
An old veteran named AL reclines in fatigues smoking a pipe, he kicks his feet up onto some logs, he smiles at a Chipmunk. The chipmunk scatters around the ground below the logs.
That stupid looking fellow walks outside and sits at the table with AL.
AL
So what do you do Stupid?
STUPID
Oh, I teach improv, travel, and blog on steem-
AL
I ride the Continental Divide.
STUPID
Oh, I don't know much about it but-
AL
Well if you care to know, that over there is the Continental Divide somewhere over that way it splits in two and over there it goes north.
STUPID
Oh, so you ride the divide for pay or personal?
AL
Both. And if you care to know, I've gone as far as the high planes.
STUPID
Black Hills?
AL
Custer's Last Stand.
STUPID
I been to Bears Butte where Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse-
AL
You a believer that Custer was the first to fall or he fought to the last man?
STUPID
I didn't know that was a hot debate at the table of history.
AL
I do not know what you mean by those words.
STUPID
I didn't know Custer-
AL
But he was the first to enter the Frey. He was a proud, tough, man. And some say he took five arrows and swam to shore before climbing atop the hill where he fought to the last man.
STUPID
Then they stabbed holes in his ears, "Listen up next time!" Ha ha ha....
AL
...Well, I'm gonna water the plants.
The old veteran gets up and leaves. Stupid sits and sips his coffee. The river rishes by. The chipmunk looks at Stupid.
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