"I pictured myself in a Denver bar that night, with all the gang, and in their eyes I would be strange and ragged and like the Prophet who has walked across the land to bring the dark Word, and the only Word I had was "Wow!" (page 35)

As Kerouac gets closer to Denver, his excitement increases and he starts imagining himself at Denver and how he thought everything would be the same! He feels happy because he traveled so much and went through what not just to get to Denver. Just like if we travel so long to get to somewhere and when we are so close to our destination, we get all excited and happy that we are almost there! So, this gives a sign of a successful trip, that he actually made it to Denver. But, it wasn't how he thought it would have been. It wasn't exactly the same. He wanted to be "with all the gang," but it turns out to be that the gang is not the same! So, it shows dissapointment here because he traveled so much to find out that the gang is split in two.

Sometimes, it seems as it doesn't really care if the gang is split...but then sometimes it does. Does he really feel the difference that the gang isn't together? Because the whole time on his way to Denver, he talked about the "gang" and now that the gang is split, is he okay with it? Or does it bother him, but not as much??