- Then Steinbeck moved through Arizona and New Mexico, and he reflected on being too tired and "stuffed" with observations to keep on going.
- Next, there's a fairly detailed dialogue between Steinbeck and "Charley"—or, well, Steinbeck thinking and talking to himself as Charley. Steinbeck made him a birthday cake on the off chance that it was Charley's birthday that day (neither of them knew for sure, you see).