High school sweethearts Henry and Dotty, start their life together on 10 acres in Idaho falls, Montana in late 1930’s. After a young daughter Lila comes into their lives, Henry works for the railroad traveling around the Northwest. From the time Lila is 6 years old till she is in her fifties, she sustains a long-distance relationship with her father as he travels constantly for work on the railroad. Their poignant letters reveal their long distance love of father and daughter, dreams, longings to be together and regrets over a lifetime.
