Text and color photos present descriptions of ten U.S. national parks and reserves, also including maps and short profiles of nearby sites and attractions, plus a gazetteer to all of the U.S. national parks, with visitor and contact information.

August Shroeder, a burned-out teacher, has been sober since his 19-year-old son died. Every year he's spent the summer on the road, but making it to Yellowstone this year means everything. The plan had been to travel there with his son, but now August is making the trip with Phillip's ahses instead. An unexpected twist of fate puts August with two extra passengers on his journey, two half-orphans with nowhere else to go.