:11:04
Well, as l was saying...
:11:06
l'll never forget the look in Annie's eyes
when l told her what l wanted to do.
:11:09
l guess she thought l was crazy.
:11:11
''You can't talk your way from
Kansas City to California,'' she said.
:11:15
And the most outdoors l've ever seen
was our own backyard.
:11:19
She didn't try to stop me. Nope.
Not Annie.
:11:24
lt sure is wild country.
Well, l like wild things.
:11:27
l guess that's why l've never been
able to settle down to one job.
:11:31
lt'll be different this time, though...
:11:33
if we ever make it.
:11:35
l never knew any place could be so far.
:11:37
Yeah, they say there's no end to what
a good salesman can make out there.
:11:40
What with the shipping trade and all.
:11:49
Did you ever hear that, Mr. Stride?
:11:51
Yes. Yes, l have.
:11:53
Better wash his withers down again.
:11:55
-They go raw easy with mud on them.
-You're the boss.
:12:01
Of course, Annie was right about
my not being able to talk my way...
:12:04
across the country.
:12:05
Our money ran dry two weeks ago.
:12:08
l've had to take odd jobs
along the way to stake us.
:12:11
But we'll make it.
California, that's where we're going.
:12:14
Figure you'll get there heading south?
:12:16
l plan to swing west
to get at Flora Vista.
:12:19
That way l can follow
the Sonora borderline all the way in.
:12:22
At least, that's what a fellow told me
back in Silver Springs.
:12:28
There. That clean enough, Mr. Stride?
:12:34
Mr. Stride, that clean enough?
:12:37
-Oh, yeah. Yeah, that's fine.
-Good.
:12:41
Come on, boy.
:12:45
Annie. Better hurry up.
Time we were moving.
:12:53
Come on, boy.