ah gee this all brings back memories of PI (poison ivy), sunburn, being covered in dirt, stuck in the mud (a nice senior citizen pulled me out), covered in burrs (a nice senior citizen pulled them out of my hair), horsefly and mosquito bites, making my way through pickers, carrying an auger and 2 shovels over one shoulder, a bucket filled with equipment and a backpack filled with paperwork and artifacts...tripping and having no choice but to fall flat on my face
. gotta love it
I loved the 2-3 weeks I spent floating soil samples in a waterhole, boating out to a private island for a dig, stumbling across some great Americana (a moonshine shack). Gawd I miss it!!!!