The journey of a man who cannot accept the end of his marriage. Cut adrift and floundering, Derek Ridley finds himself unable to cope without the love of his wife Allison and his eight year-old son Will. Convinced that her new boyfriend is a threat to his son, he begins making reckless attempts to get his family back, eventually hatching a desperate plan to take Will to the Rocky Mountains, where he believes a wilderness utopia will be found. Initially, the adventure represents an exciting and cathartic sense of freedom for father and son; but, as the stakes continue to rise, Derek1s world of denial and half-truths begins to be challenged.