Everything's all right. As they pull out onto the highway, the last shot cuts to the gas station building, where a poor Mexican girl looks out the window. When night falls, they must camp again, choosing an ancient Pueblo Indian rock ruins. In the film's second campfire scene, their figures are silhouetted against a beautiful Southwest sunset of many hues. They have a week left to get to New Orleans and the Mardi Gras.
All cities are alike.
It's a small thing to ask. The next day, the Stranger leads them to his New Mexico commune where hippies are gathered outside the buildings. The commune is the typical 60s embodiment of idealized dreams - another alternative style of living quite different from the world of the rancher. You can't hit me, I'm invisible. But a big glob of mud hits him in the middle of his chest - an ominous foreshadowing.