The days sort of blended together, traveling under the cover of the forest service's trail and coming onto the outskirts of town to rummage in fast food trash bins. Once a dog catcher spotted Brody but he was quick enough to evade the long pole with the heavy metal cord noose.<br/><br/>Jennifer noticed the terrain was changing and she realized that she would have to head West to follow the lead on her mom. The flip flops she wore were worn out. She had a small horde of money that Ash had insisted she take. The town they had arrived in had a Wal Mart and a Payless shoe store so she decided to buy some hiking boots and a pack of heavy socks. No one even looked her direction  and Brody was waiting out back by the dumpsters where she had left him.<br/><br/>The boots were heavier by far than her flip flops but she had a feeling they would last a few hundred miles. She just hoped she didn't get bad blisters.