The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise

Coyote describes a memory of a night in the past when she and Rodeo were parked in the desert. Rodeo woke Coyote and told her to look outside where they saw a female coyote sitting on the ground looking at them. Soon, she was joined by two coyote pups. The three sat for some time looking at Coyote and Rodeo inside the bus. To Coyote, the appearance of the coyotes was an omen, as if her own mother and two sisters had symbolically come to visit them. Rodeo grew wistful, putting his hand against the window as if stroking the mother and watching them for a long time.

The bus continues towards St. Louis after their swim in the river, and Coyote and Salvador are playing Uno when Salvador’s phone rings. The call is from his aunt. Because Salvador is so excited, Coyote assumes this will be the end of their time together, she grows sad even as Salvador becomes exuberant. Salvador gives the phone to his mother, who has a lengthy conversation in Spanish with her sister. When she hangs up the phone it is clear something is not quite right. When