As Laura and the old man are walking, her hair ties have come out and the braids are coming loose. Shortly afterward, her hair is braided again.
Sam (who is blind) and Laura come across a large meadow, and Sam remembers it from when he had his eyesight ten years before. However, meadows in the wilderness don't stay meadows; unless they are alpine, desert or coastal meadows, scrub and trees quickly encroach upon the land.
Loose ends left. Someone would have retrieved the rifle and camp gear left behind. And the borrowed horses. Burl Ives should have sung a song.