A modern-day on-the-road adventure in the spirit of Mark Twain and Jack London. On a rumble-tumble journey across the western states, a 22-year-old housepainter - something of an urban innocent - strikes out on the only type of adventure he can afford: he gets into his station wagon and goes camping in the desert. Mark Sundeen provides the voice of youthful discovery as he meanders through a desiccated land of hobos, river guides, and spiritual seekers. This is the new American West of low-rent trailer parks and high-dollar houseboats, of hot-springs singles scenes and homeless river guides and hapless soul-searchers, for sun-beat old-timers chewing the cud of the land and survivalist teenagers hiding out from the Man.
