The Tortoise is headed for the blues bars in Chicago where they will pick up one last passenger. Watch out for the boys in blue. Romance, intrigue and wonder saturate this elegant chapter.

The crew heads west towards a dinner stop at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, learning about each other through perspiration if not conversation. The mystery of the Peruvian diplomat and her Chinese minion thickens, alliances forms, and more details about the driver's brother are revealed. International sexual-moras are discussed by the passengers. There's even a skinny-dipping chicken fight!

The passengers wake up in beautiful Crane Creek, Ohio. They make their first communal meal together and go skinny-dipping in Lake Erie. Trouble comes in the form of two "pervertidos con binoculares."

Chapter 5: The adventure bus stops in New York to pick up the rest of the passengers. Some tragic news puts everyone on edge, forcing everyone to make a critical decision.

Chapter 4: The passengers go skinny-dipping at a roadside pond near the home of Driver Chris. Johnny gets to know the driver and learns the bus will be stopping at Crazy Horse Monument in South Dakota.

Chapter 3: The passengers get to know each other and the driver. Big Dave teaches Johnny how to commune with the fish at a Connecticut rest stop, opening his mind to a whole new world of possibilities.

Chapter 2: The passengers enter a strange new world aboard the Hippie Adventure Bus.