California. Gary (Michael Burns) and Shay (Meg Foster), two young hitch-hikers, make acquaintance and decide to travel together. Soon after that, they become lovers. They are picked up by different kinds of people and sometimes their journey even turns into a nightmare. At the end of eventful or dangerous adventures, they get conscious that they are not well suited to each other. After having drawn the lesson from this experience, Gary, who has grown older and wiser, goes his own way.