Walk Two Moons (chpts. 1-18)

I think that Sal's granparents want to take Sal on a trip to Lewiston, Idaho, mainly because they want to see their daughter-inlaw,and Sal's mother's, grave. Plus, Gram and Gramps want Sal to come along too, because they now that she wants to, except that she is to afraid to go. Also, Sal's father also agrees that Sal should go, because he wanted to be alone with Margeret Cadaver. Another reason was that he didn't trust Gram and Gramps to behave themselves during the trip, unless they had Sal with them.

Salamanca also feels really rushed to get to Lewiston, Idaho, in time for her mother's bithday. This was very important to her, because her mother had been a big part of her life, and coincidentally, Gram, Gramps and her, had a possibility of getting there in time. She probably also wants to get to Lewiston, Idaho fast, because she was excited about seeing the place where her mother last went. Basically, the main reasons all revolve around having to do with her mother.

While Sal's father waits for his wife, Sal's mother, to come back, after she had left on that one April morning, he starts chipping away at the plaster wall in the living room of Sal's house. When Sal's father finally heard later on, that his wife wasn't coming back, he "...pounded and pounded on that wall with a chisel and a hammer." At two o'clock in the morning, he woke Sal up and showed her his discovery. Hidden behind the plaster was a brick fire place. Clearly, Sal's father was greatly upsetted by this news. Moreover, it affected Sal because she had just lost her mother, whom she was close to. She missed her mother for all she was, and she still, would never forget her precious moments that she had with her before her mother left.