Chapters 7 and 8 Summary

As Chapter 7 begins, Lon offers Rick some food and then goes about his routine, watching something with binoculars. Rick watches and eventually discovers Lon is tracking large, dark birds, using a radio and a telescope. Suddenly Lon jumps up and drives off without explanation. Rick looks around camp and finds a plastic shower bag, a portable toilet, and a spring. On his way back to camp, he encounters a restrained bald eagle. He also finds a mountain bike and considers stealing it. Even when he gets out, he won't know where to go, though.

Rick looks in Lon's tent and finds two motorcycle helmets, a typewriter, Lon's wallet with cash but no credit cards or photos, and a newspaper article showing Lon as a boy. He's with an eagle, and the article says his name is Kenny McDermott. Rick hears a...