Tony and Evo escape from Malpaso Ranch with Judith and her daughter Sarah. Evo spots a hobbling golden retriever on the side of the road—it's Cosmo!
They all make the Cali-Oregon border and continue on into Medford. Their goal is to make it up to Crater Lake before nightfall. They are turned back from a direct path to the lake by a Medford park ranger who claims they will 'meet their Maker' if they continue. Forced to head into K Falls, Tony is warned by a drifter at the K Falls refuge that the lodge at Crater Lake is occupied by a murderous tribe. Will Tony head there anyway or bypass the crater and head north into Canada? The new world awaits.