George Piper, dissatisfied with his dead-end job and longing for adventure, embarks on an RV trip with his family. Guided by an old Civil War diary, they retrace the footsteps of his great-grandfather.

After losing custody of her infant child to her domineering husband, a distressed woman's cross country search for family becomes a journey of self discovery and redemption.

Grieving young Will Donnelly looks to protect his new best friend, a talking goose, from school Principal Congreve Maddox, who's fattening up the bird for a Christmas cook-off.