 James  Jimmy  Dodson is a happy family father with his wife, young children Jack and Maggie and dog Amos in their country home. Then he gets a call he must fly home where his father  Opti  is dying; they reminisce, especially about their camping and fishing in the wild, say they ll do it again with his own kids, but know gramps will never get out again. When his dad dies, good son Jimmy keeps grieving over a year, till Meredith tells their therapist the marriage is over, they no longer make each-other happy. He takes his dad s specter s advice to take his oldest, daughter Maggie, camping where he learned fishing from Opti; sonny Jack is left with mother. Nature, memories, meeting strangers and childish questions trigger lots of soul-searching...