Lagomorphs -- Chapter 1: Treasured Garbage by furrywurry

Lagomorphs -- Chapter 1: Treasured Garbage

#2 of Lagomorphs

Jeff makes plans for his summer vacation. Of course, the best-laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft agley.

It seems that Jeff might have subscribed to the EarthWatch newsletter.

I expect you to look up the name of the site where he'll be digging up garbage. The translation of the name is significant. :)

I haven't quite finished the last few chapters, but it looks like there'll be a total of about 35-36 altogether. Many of them are quite a bit longer than this one.

The initial seed for this story was planted when I encountered some pictures by an artist on FA, and he gave me permission to write a story about them. Although most of this story has nothing whatsoever to do with those pictures, telling you who the artist is now could be a major spoiler.

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Lagomorphs

Chapter 1 -- Treasured Garbage

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Seven hundred and fifty years: that's all it takes to turn garbage into treasure.

"Join us in excavating the ancient middens at the Puye Cliff Dwellings of Valles Caldera. Your ten days of work sifting through their leavings will help reveal the secrets of this forgotten society and their trading routes throughout the southwest...."

Digging through antique trash. Yup, Jeff decided, subscribing to the Eco newsletter had been a good idea. This was just the kind of mindless but productive vacation he needed: relaxing while doing his bit to help advance the sciences of archeology and anthropology. When he found its translation, the name of the site made it even more interesting. Now he was sure it would be a better choice than counting sharks in Malaysia.

Getting away for a couple of weeks from bits, bytes and demanding physicists would be a welcome change on its own.

Next to decide on what to pack, although their suggestions looked quite reasonable, and then maybe some preventive personal hygiene. The notes about the local insect life were just a little scary. He'd never tried depilation before; maybe he'd try getting rid of his facial hair, too, while he was at it. Supposedly it'd be easily reversible when he got back. It'd better be!