Chapters 16-18 Illustrator

In chapter 16, the Joad family has been traveling to California for quite some time, and they have now crossed the border into Texas, leaving Oklahoma behind. The family was currently residing in Panhandle Texas. 

 In Chapter 17, it is describe how families traveling to California would camp roadside Route 66. The narrator notes, "...when the sun went down, perhaps  twenty families and twenty cars were there." (249)

In Chapter 18, the Joad family moved westward into the mountains of New Mexico. Later on they pass through Arizona's deserts and eventually arrive to California.