This epic cross-country adventure of two men who have been friends for decades will make you laugh out loud. Yet the poignancy of their friendship Will touch your heart. As they travel together across the United States, each, in their own way, seeks to find meaning in their older years. Both discover that this adventure called "life" is still a delight worth pursuing. They will take you from sad to ridiculous in one paragraph. This fictional "Blue Highways" Will entice you to visit many of the sites of competition for the title of World's Greatest Rock Thrower. But in the end, we find that the greatest is, indeed, the one who lays it down for his friend.