In a series of letters to her sister, the author describes her travels West.

"How do we become who we are in the world? We ask the world to teach us. On her 120-acre homestead high in the Colorado Rockies, beloved writer Pam Houston learns what it means to care for a piece of land and the creatures on it. Elk calves and bluebirds mark the changing seasons, winter temperatures drop to 35 below, and lightning sparks a 110,000 acre wildfire, threatening her century old barn and all its inhabitants. Through her travels from the...

The journey begins in the badlands of South Dakota and continues through Montana to Jackson Hole, Wyoming and Yellowstone National Park.

Climb aboard The American Orient Express for a journey over the Continental Divide, through Salt Lake City, and to the nation's grandest national parks, Yellowstone and Grand Teton.

On this second journey across Canada, international television host Anne Martin takes the train from Nova Scotia to British Columbia, stopping en route to explore the breathtaking beauty of the Provinces and learn more about the history of the country, its peoples, towns, cities and historic parks.