Recent high school graduate, eighteen-year-old L.R. Land and his teacher, Richard Mullins, have spent the previous four years producing plays together. During this time, Mullins has become a mentor and surrogate father to the young man. After quitting his job, Mullins sets out on a journey from North Carolina's Outer Banks to San Francisco's Lands End, much of it on historic Route 66. The young man convinces his teacher to let him come along. During...