As the proceeded through the forest, they came upon remnants of human civilization - a broken-down vehicle, and an abandoned 76 gas station overgrown with vegetation and vines.Curious Pippin found and soon after, in Rohan, gazed into Saruman""spalantir(a magical crystal ball) and foresaw the future ("a glimpse of the enemy""s plan") -- "a white tree in a courtyard of stone", interpreted by Gandalf as the burning Gondor city of Minas Tirith ("the City of kings") - the next location of Middle-Earth Men that Sauron would raze to the ground." At the training track, Michael jumps on the running board and is given a lift - he immediately acts impertinently and freshly: "I hear you""ve got the finest string of horses in the country.Look, if we""d been in business during the California Gold Rush, where would we have gone? California - right?Sundance: Right.