Summary

In Chapter 3, Ben visited a campground where Kevin told him he would be able to rent a car. However, when Ben arrived the owner told him that they no longer rented cars there anymore. Ben decided to try to hitchhike to his destination and headed to the highway with the dogs.

Ben had hitchhiked around the area as a boy and had assumed that someone would stop to pick him up, but no one did. Ben met a drifter who told him that no one was stopping for him because of the dogs. The drifter asked Ben if he had any spare change and Ben gave him $20. Ben told the drifter that he was planning to abandon his hunting trip because his eye had swollen shut since the car accident, but the drifter convinced him that he should carry on. Ben decided he would...