the store is a typical general store of the period, selling everything from buggies to baby clothes. in one corner is the postoffice. the storekeeper, hayes, is unpacking a case of canned goods, stacking the cans on the shelf. clay, followed by steve, enters. hayes glances over.
clay's party. clay rides in the lead. the wagon follows and steve is riding beside the wagon. behind is the remuda, and the horses are straying off the road in search of grass.
rain -- the caravan. clay leads it through a rain that has filled the ruts in the trail, soaked the horses to glistening black -- and obscures all view of the country through which they are passing. sound of rain falling is loud. clay and steve both wear slickers, gleaming from their shoulders to the rumps of their horses. mary, a tarp around her shoulders, drives. elaine and helen huddle under a tarpaulin in the wagon bed.
the cavalcade. mary and helen are in the seat of the wagon. steve rides alongside.
the wagon moves down toward the river. clay disappears into the canyon. steve and the remuda follow the wagon.
the meadow, angled past clay. the horses scatter across the meadow.