The air is muggy and the highway stretches into the night as the Jones family trades in the life in New Orleans for the steel mills of Gary, Indiana. The people they meet and the events that unfold when they reach their destination are complex, filled with dreams and decisions. Can William give his wife and sons a better life? Has Lester Hargrove been true to his friend or did he betray him in his death? Will Lee Buttrone's bakery survive the diabetes...