Disappearance

No, no!

No, please!

No, don't!

No! (screams)

I haven't seen anything in an hour.

What's the trip computer say, Dad?

100 miles.

No problem, there's gas in less than 50.

Can you fill it with premium, please?

Self serve, no premium.

Hey, I'd like one of these.

What do they cost?

Well, they're not cheap.

- About as big as my trailer and a hell of a lot nicer.

You can eat it, thanks.

- You're gonna try it? - Yeah.

What do you think?

Cow?

Maybe like some geriatric cow.

Roadkill, three days old.

Disgusting.

- All right, you guys, you don't like it,

don't eat it.

We've got stuff in the car.

Hey.

Is there something wrong with the food?

No, no, the food's fine.

We just weren't that hungry.

Can we have the check?

Sure.

So where exactly is this ghost town?

- Mining town, I don't even know if it's still there.

Check it out.

Ethan's dad had this map from the '40s or something,

and the town Weaver is on the old map,

but it's not on any of the new ones.

Could be really cool.

- Don't you have enough pictures of falling down buildings

and rusty junk?

Come on, Dad, wasn't that the deal?

We'd all do the whole family adventure thing,

but if any of us want a side trip, we'd do it.

And it looks like the turnoff's

only a couple miles from here.

So how far is this motel tonight?

About 200 miles.

I've gotta check in with the office.

So you guys figure it out, I'm with you either way.

That's what, three hours?

You want to get there four o'clock in the afternoon

and then what, we watch TV?

I wanna swim.

You'll swim, just later.

Come on, Dad.

We're never gonna be here again.

We'll see.

There's supposedly an old mining town called Weaver,

it's up in the hills not too far from here.

You ever heard of it?

- Billy, you know anything about a town called Weaver?

Can't help you there, Mister.

Yeah, well, it's on this old map--

Never heard of it.

How was your meal?

Great.

It was great.

Keep the change.

- No, I didn't expect that from the discounts.

No.

Is Arthur happy with his tour schedule?

Mm-hmm.

She's always on the phone, Dad.

Well, she is now.

She's got two books coming out next week.

Maybe she should have stayed home.

Listen, Katie.

Patty's a member of the family now.

She's put a lot of effort into making this work,

including taking off at a bad time.

So cut her a little slack, will ya?

Sorry.

That's all right.

Excuse me.

We're trying to get to Weaver, a little mining town.

We got a map says there a turnoff

a couple miles down the road.

Weaver?

Mm, I don't know any Weaver.

Oh.

Want some advice?

Stay on the pavement.

What's that mean?

What I said.

Right.

Thanks.

- Man, and she wondered why we weren't eating the food.

Burnt enough for ya 'cause we can

incinerate that puppy a little more?

- They probably cruise the highway every morning

looking for the lunch special.

Yeah, but if it's really flattened,

it's hard to get the hair out.

- Oh, no. Oh, gross.

Oh, gross.

That place was weird.

Close encounter of the weird kind.

Keep your eye out, Dad.

Should be right up here somewhere.

- Wow, looks like there's a road right up here.

How far is this ruin supposed to be?

- According to the map, it should be just in those hills.

About 35 miles.

35 Miles?

You really wanna photograph this place?

I'm psyched.

Well.

Well, let's go to Weaver.

All right.

Patty rocks!

Here we go.

Hey, check it out.

Looks like an old plane.

Can we go look?

No problem.

How long has this been here, Dad?

I don't know, long time.

From the '60s, maybe.

It's amazing.

Probably ran out of gas.

- You don't just nose in like this if you run outta gas.

You glide it in, try to land it.

It's weird.

If it came straight in, it'd be in 1000 pieces.

- Maybe it was nighttime and their instruments were broke.

They didn't even know they were going down until it hit.

Come on, guys, let's go.

You got enough pictures, Matt?

Yeah, this is so cool.

It's like one second you're alive,

and then wham, you're toast.

Not so cool if you're the toast.

Oh, come on, Matt.

Let's go.

I bet it didn't even hurt.

- I just wanna make sure they hold the room.

I wonder if this mining town exists,

and we look around for about an hour,

we ought to make the motel around nine o'clock.

Okay.

No, completely dead.

Must be the mountains.

Hey, look at this.

We're heading East, right?

Yeah.

- A couple miles ago, the compass said we were heading East.

Now it says we're heading South.

We haven't changed direction.

Oh, there we go.

Oops, and now it dies all together.

- You are entering a world where compasses go crazy.

Airplanes fall from the sky.