Chapter 7 Summary

Japhy, Morley and Ray awake in the morning, and Japhy starts a fire. Ray is very cold but eventually warms up. Morley behaves in the same erratic way, but Ray finds him more tolerable. They eat a bread and cheese breakfast and then continue their drive toward the mountain. On the drive, Ray spots a lodge on the road and suggests that a breakfast stop would be in order. Everyone agrees, and they enter the lodge's restaurant and order pancakes and coffee. The waitress asks them if they are hunters, and they tell her they are planning to hike a mountain called the Matterhorn. After breakfast, they exit the restaurant and look at the town of Bridgeport, California.

Chapter 7 Analysis

After a night's sleep, Ray awakes and finds Morley more tolerable. Ray even begins to mimic Morley's habit of yodeling at inopportune moments...