Harriet Beamer is a 72 year old widow, very happily
living on her own with her basset hound, Humphrey in Pennsylvania, until
she has fall when her son Henry and daughter in law Prudence are
visiting. She makes a bet with Prudence, if her ankle is broken, (and
Harriet is sure it isn't), she will move to California to live with her
and Henry. Well, her ankle is indeed broken, and Harriet doesn't really
want to move, but she isn't going to welsh on a bet either.
She
sells her house, and as she is packing up her beloved collection of
salt and pepper shakers, she decides that if she has to go to
California, she is going to do it her way. She's never traveled further
than the Jersey Shore, but she decides she will get to her son's by bus;
and not the Greyhound bus either, but public transportation. 






