- In the middle of the night, Joe had a nightmare. The narrator tried to comfort him, but he wasn't really having it, since he was mad at her.
- She got up in the morning and woke the others. She started preparing the fish and coffee for breakfast.
- They then headed out to find the rock painting. However, it wasn't there, so they headed back.
- Along the way, they came across the Americans—who turned out not to be Americans at all; in fact, they were both from different parts of Ontario. However, the narrator still thought they had killed the blue heron, so she still thought of them as "Americans" (who, judging from this and David's hatred, have quite the bad reputation for bad behavior in Canada). Heading back to the cabin, the narrator was immersed in memories of her family and her brother.