Having been forced to abandon his car in the Detrital Wash
after a flash flood, Alex then leaves it to go adventuring into Mexico. When he
re-entered the United States, however he goes back to Detrital Wash, seven and a half
months after he had originally left his car. However, we were told that Alex had buried
some of his belongings that he might want later, and at this stage he unearths some of
these. Note what the text tells us about this:
The Park Service had long since impounded the
vehicle, but he unearthed his old Virginia plates, SJF-421, and a few belongings he'd
buried there.
It is
interesting why Alex should choose to do this after having made such a statement by
burning his documents and ID cards. This act indicates that he was by far the detached
individual that he thought he was or pretended to be, and that certain elements of his
past and identity still had immense importance for him.
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